Seasonally wet and wet grasslands
Common name:
Seasonally wet and wet grasslands
Habitat code:
E3
Description:
Unimproved or lightly improved wet meadows and tall herb communities of the boreal, nemoral, warm-temperate humid, steppic and mediterranean zones.
References:
Hill, M.O., Moss, D. & Davies, C.E., 2004
| Important species scientific name | Corresponding species comments |
|---|---|
| Alauda arvensis Linnaeus, 1758 | Other habitat (i.e. than primary or secondary breeding habitat) |
| Athene noctua (Scopoli, 1769) | Other habitat (i.e. than primary or secondary breeding habitat) |
| Coturnix coturnix (Linnaeus, 1758) | Other habitat (i.e. than primary or secondary breeding habitat) |
| Falco subbuteo Linnaeus, 1758 | Other habitat (i.e. than primary or secondary breeding habitat) |
| Falco tinnunculus Linnaeus, 1758 | Other habitat (i.e. than primary or secondary breeding habitat) |
| Motacilla flava Linnaeus, 1758 | Primary breeding habitat |
| Saxicola rubetra (Linnaeus, 1758) | Primary breeding habitat |
| Vanellus vanellus (Linnaeus, 1758) | Other habitat (i.e. than primary or secondary breeding habitat) |
| EUNIS Code | Type Name | Name |
|---|---|---|
| E3.2 | Mediterranean short humid grassland | Mediterranean short humid grassland |
| E3.3 | Sub-mediterranean humid meadows | Sub-mediterranean humid meadows |
| E3.4 | Moist or wet eutrophic and mesotrophic grassland | Moist or wet eutrophic and mesotrophic grassland |
| E3.5 | Moist or wet oligotrophic grassland | Moist or wet oligotrophic grassland |
| E3.1 | Mediterranean tall humid grassland | Mediterranean tall humid grassland |