Dalmatian siliceous grassland

Common name:
Dalmatian siliceous grassland
Habitat code:
E1.812
Description:

Uncommon acidophile annual-rich grasslands of Dalmatia occupying small, insularised surfaces on colluvions and red earths of the Dalmatian karst and on southern Dalmatian sands; characteristic are [Tuberaria guttata], [Filago vulgaris], [Silene gallica], [Linaria pelisseriana], [Plantago bellardii], [Galium parisiense], [Hypochoeris radicata], [Cynanchum contiguum], [Crepis sancta], [Trifolium cherleri], [Trifolium lappaceum], [Trifolium subterraneum], [Trifolium stellatum], [Trifolium glomeratum], [Trifolium nigrescens], [Trifolium angustifolium], [Lathyrus sphaericus], [Ornithopus compressus], [Lupinus micranthus], [Lupinus lacromensis], [Luzula campestris] and the grasses [Aira elegans], [Vulpia ligustica], [Vulpia bromoides], [Vulpia myuros], [Briza maxima], [Anthoxanthum ovatum], [Gastridium ventricosum], [Gaudinia fragilis], [Phleum echinatum], [Psilurus aristatus]; the orchids [Ophrys apifera], [Ophrys oestrifera], [Spiranthes spiralis] are recorded.

Important species scientific name Corresponding species comments
Vincetoxicum hirundinaria ssp. contiguum (W.D.J.Koch) Markgr. Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Crepis sancta (L.) Babc. Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Filago vulgaris Lam. Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Hypochoeris radicata L. Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Silene gallica Linnaeus, 1753 Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Tuberaria guttata (Linnaeus, 1753) Fourr., 1868 Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Lathyrus sphaericus Retz. Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Trifolium stellatum L. Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Lupinus micranthus Guss. Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Trifolium subterraneum L. Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Trifolium glomeratum Linnaeus, 1753 Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Trifolium lappaceum Linnaeus, 1753 Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Trifolium cherleri Linnaeus, 1753 Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Ornithopus compressus L. Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Trifolium nigrescens Viv. Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Trifolium angustifolium L. Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Plantago bellardii All., 1785 Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Galium parisiense L. Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Linaria pelisseriana (Linnaeus, 1753) Miller, 1768 Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Luzula campestris (L.) DC. Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Ophrys apifera Huds. Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Ophrys scolopax ssp. oestrifera (M.Bieb.) Soó Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Spiranthes spiralis (L.) Chevall. Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Anthoxanthum ovatum Lag. Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Gastridium ventricosum (Gouan) Schinz & Thell. Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Gaudinia fragilis (L.) P.Beauv. Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Aira elegantissima Schur Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Briza maxima L. Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Psilurus incurvus (Gouan) Schinz & Thell., 1913 Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Vulpia bromoides (Linnaeus, 1753) Gray, 1821 Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Vulpia myuros (L.) C.C.Gmel. Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Vulpia ligustica (All.) Link Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Phleum echinatum Host Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising