Fenno-Scandian [Avenula pratensis]-[Festuca rubra] grasslands
Common name:
Fenno-Scandian [Avenula pratensis]-[Festuca rubra] grasslands
Habitat code:
E1.7225
Description:
Dry or mesophile calcareous grasslands of subarctic affinities, limited to the continental middle boreal zone of lowland Sweden and northern Finland and to the middle boreal and arcto-alpine zones of the Scandinavian mountains; they constitute a northern, less species-rich, variant of the communities of unit 32.111, dominated by [Festuca rubra], with [Botrychium boreale], [Botrychium lanceolatum], [Botrychium lunaria], [Carex brunnescens], [Carex ericetorum], [Cerastium alpinum], [Erigeron borealis], [Galium boreale], [Gentiana nivalis], [Gentianella amarella], [Gentianella campestris], [Gentianella tenella], [Poa glauca], [Primula scandinavica], [Primula striata].
Important species scientific name | Corresponding species comments |
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Botrychium lunaria (Linnaeus, 1753) Swartz, 1802 | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
Erigeron borealis (Vierh.) Simmons | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
Cerastium alpinum L. | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
Gentianella tenella (Rottb.) Börner | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
Gentiana balcanica Pritchard, 1977 | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
Gentianella campestris (L.) Börner | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
Gentianella amarella (L.) Börner | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
Primula scandinavica Bruun | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
Galium boreale L. | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
Carex ericetorum Pollich, 1777 | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
Festuca rubra Linnaeus, 1753 | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
Avenula pratensis (L.) Dumort. | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
Poa glauca Vahl | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |