Iberian [Festuca] frost-influenced grassland

Supra-Mediterranean and montane psychroxerophile, open perennial grasslands of the Cantabrian and Iberian ranges particularly characteristic of frost-fashioned, snow-free, superficial soils of the [Juniperus thurifera] and [Juniperus sabina] environments, rich in [Festuca hystrix], [Festuca burnatii], [Poa ligulata] and with, among others, [Armeria bigerrensis ssp. legionensis], [Arenaria aggregata ssp. cantabrica], [Centaurea janeri ssp. babiana], [Draba cantabrica], [Saxifraga conifera], [Ononis striata], [Ononis cristata], [Ononis pusilla], [Coronilla minima], [Paronychia kapela ssp. serpyllifolia], [Helianthemum canum], [Carex humilis]. They ascend to the oro-mediterranean level and extend southeast to the eastern Baetic chains.