Subalpine [Trisetum flavescens] hay meadows

Common name:
Subalpine yellow oatgrass hay meadows
Habitat code:
E4.51
Description:

[Trisetum flavescens]-dominated grasslands of the subalpine level of the Alps, the Carpathians, Balkans and the Jura. [Alchemilla] spp. dominates very often. Yellow oatgrass hay meadows are typically montane and are described under unit E2.3; these are subalpine equivalents.

Important species scientific name Corresponding species comments
Trisetum flavescens (Linnaeus, 1753) Beauv., 1812 Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Aquila chrysaetos (Linnaeus, 1758)
Dactylis glomerata Linnaeus, 1753