Pannonic dune pioneer grasslands

Common name:
Pannonic dune pioneer grasslands
Habitat code:
E1.993
Description:

Therophyte-dominated later stages of the first succession phase in the colonisation of the Pannonic dunes, characterized by a very thin, low cover of mostly ephemeral, early-blooming annuals of small stature, among which [Bromus mollis], [Bromus tectorum], [Bromus squarrosus], [Medicago minima], [Cerastium brachypetalum], [Erophila verna], [Plantago indica], [Saxifraga tridactylites], [Poa annua], [Poa bulbosa], [Viola kitaibeliana], [Lithospermum arvense], [Corispermum nitidum], [Polygonum arenarium], with a few more perennials such as [Equisetum ramosissimum var. altissimum], [Alyssum tortuosum], [Sedum acre], [Cynodon dactylon].

Important species scientific name Corresponding species comments
Erophila verna (Linnaeus, 1753) Chevall., 1827 Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Alyssum tortuosum Willd. Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Cerastium brachypetalum Pers., 1805 Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Corispermum nitidum Kit. Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Sedum acre Linnaeus, 1753 Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Medicago minima (Linnaeus, 1753) Bartal., 1776 Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Polygonum arenarium Waldst. & Kit. Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Plantago arenaria Waldst. & Kit. Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Saxifraga tridactylites Linnaeus, 1753 Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Viola kitaibeliana Schult. Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Bromus squarrosus L. Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Cynodon dactylon (Linnaeus, 1753) Pers., 1805 Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Bromus tectorum Linnaeus, 1753 Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Bromus hordeaceus ssp. hordeaceus L. Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Poa bulbosa Linnaeus, 1753 Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Poa annua L. Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Sites in which this biotope type has been recorded
EUNIS Site Code Source Greek Natura 2000 code Site name
H03200230 H03200230 OCSA BOGS
H06201290 H06201290 PUSZTASZER LANDSCAPE PROTECTION AREA
E28200002 E28200002 VYSOKA
E28200003 E28200003 TARBUCKA
H06100680 H06100680 BOCSA-BUGAC INLAND SAND DUNE JUNIPER WOODS
E20900001 E20900001 DEVINSKA KOBYLA