Helleno-Balkanic stripped grasslands

Common name:
Helleno-Balkanic stripped grasslands
Habitat code:
E4.437
Description:

Open, scraped, stepped and garland grasslands of the alpine and subalpine levels of the calcareous mountains of the southern Balkan peninsula, under Mediterranean climate influence, including the southern Pelagonides (Vermion), the Pindus, the Thessalian and the Peloponnese mountains, dominated by [Sesleria coerulans], [Carex kitaibeliana], [Stipa pulcherrima] with [Viola graeca], [Minuartia verna], [Paronychia rechingeri], [Dianthus minutiflorus], [Iberis sempervirens], [Anthyllis vulneraria], [Acinos alpinus], [Edraianthus graminifolius], [Centaurea pindicola], [Morina persica], [Bornmuellera baldaccii], [Bornmuellera tymphaea], [Poa thessala], [Festuca olympica], and a few woody species, as [Daphne oleoides].

Important species scientific name Corresponding species comments
Pyrrhocorax graculus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Polyommatus (Polyommatus) menelaos Brown, 1976
Aquila chrysaetos (Linnaeus, 1758)
Emberiza cia Linnaeus, 1766
Parnassius apollo (Linnaeus, 1758)
Podarcis tauricus (Pallas, 1814)
Lacerta agilis Linnaeus, 1758
Papilio machaon Linnaeus, 1758
Erebia cassioides (Reiner & Hochenwarth, 1792)
Eremophila alpestris balcanica (Reichenow, 1895)
Bufo bufo (Linnaeus, 1758)
Circus pygargus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Alectoris graeca (Meisner, 1804)
Lepus europaeus Pallas, 1778
Anthus spinoletta (Linnaeus, 1758)
Canis lupus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Vipera ursinii (Bonaparte, 1835)
Centaurea pindicola (Griseb.,1846) Griseb. ex Boiss., 1875 Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Bornmuellera baldaccii (Degen) Heywood Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Bornmuellera tymphaea (Haussknecht,1886) Haussknecht, 1897 Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Iberis sempervirens Linnaeus, 1753 Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Edraianthus graminifolius (Linnaeus, 1753) DC., 1839 Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Minuartia verna (Linnaeus, 1767) Hiern, 1899 Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Morina persica Linnaeus, 1753 Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Anthyllis vulneraria Linnaeus, 1753 Subspecies mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Acinos alpinus (Linnaeus, 1753) Moench, 1794 Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Daphne oleoides Schreber, 1766 Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Viola graeca (Becker, 1905) Halácsy, 1908 Subspecies mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Carex kitaibeliana Degen ex Becherer, 1960 Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Festuca olympica Vetter, 1928 Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Poa pumila Host, 1827 Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Stipa pulcherrima (Koch, 1848) Freitag, 1985 Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Sesleria korabensis (Kiimm. & Jaiv.) Deyl. Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Sesleria coerulans Friv., 1836 Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Juniperus communis nana (Willd., 1806) Syme, 1868 Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Paronychia rechingeri Chaudhri, 1968 Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Dianthus minutiflorus (Halácsy, 1900) Bornm. ex Strid, 1986 Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Spermophilus citellus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Vipera berus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lullula arborea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Alauda arvensis Linnaeus, 1758
Prunella collaris (Scopoli, 1769)
Eremophilla alpestris (Linnaeus, 1758)
Montifringilla nivalis (Linnaeus, 1766)
Sites in which this biotope type has been recorded
EUNIS Site Code Source Greek Natura 2000 code Site name
A00010022 GR1250001 OROS OLYMPOS
GR930011 GR930011 Pindos
A00040020 GR1320002 KORYFES OROUS GRAMOS