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
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