Thermo-Alpigenous [Festuca paniculata] swards
Thermophile, luxuriant, relatively closed grasslands formed by the very tall, bluegrey [Festuca paniculata] ([Festuca spadicea]) on south-facing slopes (adrets) of the upper montane and lower subalpine levels of the Pyrenees, the southern Alps and, locally, the Central Massif and the Abruzzi; characteristic and often abundant accompanying species include [Centaurea uniflora], [Silene nutans], [Trifolium montanum], [Hieracium peleteranum], [Hypochoeris maculata], [Potentilla grandiflora], [Lilium martagon], [Eryngium alpinum], [Luzula pediformis], [Meum athamanticum], [Nigritella nigra], [Helictotrichon parlatorei], [Asphodelus albus], [Iris xiphioides], [Paradisea liliastrum], [Dianthus monspessulanus], [Carduus defloratus]. Many have been traditionally treated as hay meadows and are of extraordinary floristic richness; they are nowadays increasingly abandoned or left to grazing.
Important species scientific name | Corresponding species comments |
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Meum athamanticum Jacq. | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
Eryngium alpinum Linnaeus, 1753 | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
Carduus argemone ssp. obtusisquamus Franco | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
Centaurea uniflora Turra | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
Hieracium peleteranum Mérat | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
Hypochoeris maculata L. | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
Dianthus monspessulanus L. | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
Silene nutans L. | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
Trifolium montanum L. | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
Potentilla grandiflora L. | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
Luzula nutans (Vill.) Duval-Jouve | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
Iris latifolia (Mill.) Voss | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
Paradisea liliastrum (L.) Bertol. | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
Lilium martagon L. | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
Asphodelus albus Miller, 1768 | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
Nigritella nigra (L.) Rchb.f. | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
Festuca paniculata (Linnaeus, 1753) Schinz & Thell., 1911-1913 | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
Helictotrichon parlatorei (J.Woods) Pilg. | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
EUNIS Site Code | Source | Greek Natura 2000 code | Site name |
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200005002 | 200005002 | COL DE VARS - VALLON DU CRACHET DE ST. PAUL | |
200066004 | 200066004 | MASSIF DE MADRES - MONT CORONAT | |
200066001 | 200066001 | CHAINE DU PUIGMAL ET VALLEES ADJACENTES, DONT VALLEE D'EYNE |