Perennial calcareous grassland and basic steppes
Common name:
Perennial calcareous grassland and basic steppes
Habitat code:
E1.2
Description:
Perennial grasslands, often nutrient-poor and species-rich, on calcareous and other basic soils of the nemoral and steppe zones and of adjacent parts of the subboreal and submediterranean zones. Includes the calcareous grasslands of central and western Europe, alvar grasslands of the Baltic region, and basic grasslands of the steppe zone. Vegetation communities of Festuco-Brometea.
References:
ILE SAS, 2005
Important species scientific name | Corresponding species comments |
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Cypripedium calceolus Linnaeus, 1753 | Annex II species - habitat relation; source Unit of Vegetation Science, Lancaster, 2000 |
Legal instrument | Habitat type legal name | Habitat type legal code |
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EU Habitats Directive Annex I | Rupicolous pannonic grasslands (Stipo-Festucetalia pallentis) | 6190 |
Bern Convention 1996 | Dense perennial grasslands and middle European steppes | 34.3 |