Mediterranean short humid grassland
Common name:
Mediterranean short humid grassland
Habitat code:
E3.2
Description:
Very short grasslands of impermeable compact soils or marls, wet for a large part of the year, and desiccated in summer, characteristic of the Mediterranean basin, with irradiations north to the Illyrian zone of the northwestern Balkan peninsula, with [Deschampsia media], [Centaurium pulchellum], [Lotus tenuis], [Trifolium lappaceum], [Plantago maritima].
| Important species scientific name | Corresponding species comments |
|---|---|
| Spermophilus citellus (Linnaeus, 1766) | |
| Canis aureus (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
| Lotus tenuis Waldst. & Kit. ex Willd. | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
| Trifolium lappaceum Linnaeus, 1753 | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
| Centaurium pulchellum (Swartz) Druce, 1898 | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
| Deschampsia media (Gouan) Roem. & Schult. | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
| Gallinago gallinago (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
| Ciconia ciconia (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
| Ciconia nigra (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
| Testudo graeca Linnaeus, 1758 | |
| Lymnocryptes minimus (Brünnich, 1764) | |
| Venellus venellus (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
| Colias croceus (Geoffroy, 1785) |
