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Sarmatic saline steppes

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Common name:
Sarmatic saline steppes
Habitat code:
E6.226
Description:

Communities dominated by low tufted grasses and subshrubs, in particular [Festuca pseudovina] and [Artemisia] spp., occupying higher, drier solonetz ground in salt steppes of the southern periphery of the Podolian plateau, of the Central Russian and the Volga plateaux, north of the Pontic and Caspian plains, west to the upper Prut basin and east to the Volga-Kama.

References:
Devillers, P., Devillers-Terschuren, J. and Vander Linden, C., 2001
Important species scientific name Corresponding species comments
Festuca pseudovina Hack. ex Wiesb. Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Next sub-divisions
EUNIS Code Type Name Name
E6.2261 Sarmatic [Artemisia]-[Festuca] salt steppes Sarmatic [Artemisia]-[Festuca] salt steppes
E6.2262 Sarmatic [Petrosimonia] salt steppes Sarmatic [Petrosimonia] salt steppes
E6.2263 Sarmatic [Limonium]-[Festuca] salt steppes Sarmatic [Limonium]-[Festuca] salt steppes