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Mediterranean xeric grassland

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Common name:
Mediterranean xeric grassland
Habitat code:
E1.3
Description:

Meso- and thermo-Mediterranean xerophile, mostly open, short-grass perennial grasslands rich in therophytes; therophyte communities of oligotrophic soils on base-rich, often calcareous substrates e.g. vegetation of the class Thero-Brachypodietea.

References:
ILE SAS, 2005
Important species scientific name Corresponding species comments
Colchicum cousturieri Greuter, 1967 Annex II species - habitat relation; source Unit of Vegetation Science, Lancaster, 2000
Code in legal instrument
Legal instrument Habitat type legal name Habitat type legal code
EU Habitats Directive Annex I Pseudo-steppe with grasses and annuals of the Thero-Brachypodietea 6220
Bern Convention 1996 Mediterranean xeric grasslands 34.5
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EUNIS Code Type Name Name
E1.33 East Mediterranean xeric grassland East Mediterranean xeric grassland