Andropogonid grass steppes

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Common name:

Habitat code:

E1.434

Description:

Meso- and thermo-Mediterranean steppes of North Africa, Spain, southern France, Italy and the central Mediterranean islands, Greece, the Balkans and western Asia, constituted by cespitose andropogonid grasses such as [Hyparrhenia hirta], [Andropogon distachyos], [Dichanthium ischaemum] ([Andropogon ischaemum]), or [Chrysopogon gryllus].

References:

Devillers, P., Devillers-Terschuren, J. and Vander Linden, C., 2001

Important species scientific name	Corresponding species comments
Andropogon distachyos Linnaeus, 1753	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Chrysopogon gryllus (Linnaeus, 1753) Trin., 1820	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Dichanthium ischaemum (Linnaeus, 1753) Roberty, 1960	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Dichanthium insculptum (A.Rich.) Clayton	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Hyparrhenia hirta (Linnaeus, 1753) Stapf, 1919	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising

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EUNIS Code	Type Name	Name
E1.4341	Iberian andropogonid grass steppes	Iberian andropogonid grass steppes
E1.4342	ProvenÃ§al andropogonid grass steppes	ProvenÃ§al andropogonid grass steppes
E1.4343	Central Mediterranean andropogonid grass steppes	Central Mediterranean andropogonid grass steppes
E1.4344	Helleno-Balkanic andropogonid grass steppes	Helleno-Balkanic andropogonid grass steppes
E1.4345	Mediterraneo-Anatolian andropogonid grass steppes	Mediterraneo-Anatolian andropogonid grass steppes