Oro-Moesian [Festuca valida] grasslands

General Information Species Natura

Common name:

Habitat code:

E4.3921

Description:

Closed, tall, species-poor acidophile grasslands of the Rhodopide Vitosha, Rila and Pirin mountains, the western Balkan Range and the Moeso-Macedonian mountains of western Bulgaria, occupying usually fresh, little eroded soils, strongly dominated by [Festuca valida], with [Veratrum lobelianum], [Verbascum longifolium], [Campanula epigaea], [Viola tricolor], [Stellaria graminea], [Genista depressa].

References:

Devillers, P., Devillers-Terschuren, J. and Vander Linden, C., 2001

Important species scientific name	Corresponding species comments
Campanula patula ssp. epigaea (Janka) Hayek	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Stellaria graminea L.	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Genista tinctoria Linnaeus, 1753	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Verbascum longifolium Ten.	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Viola tricolor L.	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Veratrum lobelianum Bernh.	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Festuca valida Pénzes, 1941	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising

Sites in which this biotope type has been recorded
EUNIS Site Code	Greek Natura 2000 code	Site name
F00000600	F00000600	CENTRAL BALKAN
F00002400	F00002400	RILA
F00002402	F00002402	CENTRAL RILA RESERVE
F00002403	F00002403	RILA MONASTERY FOREST
F00002700	F00002700	PIRIN
F00000901	F00000901	BISTRISHKO BRANISHTE
F00000902	F00000902	TORFENO BRANISHTE
F00000604	F00000604	DJENDEMITE
F00000900	F00000900	VITOSHA
F00002702	F00002702	BAYUVI DUPKI - DJINDJIRITSA
F00003100	F00003100	BELASSITSA
Q03400200	Q03400200	VITHKUQ-OSTROVICE