34.352 - Calcicline pale fescue grasslands

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Central European subcontinental xerothermophile grasslands of calcareous or weakly calcareous sunny collinar rock ledges. In the peri-Pannonic and peri-Alpine region, where they are in contact with communities of unit 34.351, they occupy stations with a warmer, drier microclimate, in particular south-facing slopes.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Stipo pulcherrimae-Festucetalia pallentis: Helianthemo cani-Festucion pallentis, Bromo pannonici-Festucion pallentis

Bibliography

Devillers P., Devillers-Terschuren J. & Vander Linden C., 2001. PHYSIS Palaearctic Habitat Classification Database. Updated to 10 December 2001. Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles, Bruxelles. (Source)

Lebrun & al., 1949; Soo, 1959, 1980; Schumacher, 1977; Duvigneaud, 1982c, 1985; Moravec & al., 1983; Matuszkiewicz, 1984; Duvigneaud and Saintenoy-Simon, 1988b; Oberdorfer, 1990, 1993a; Pott, 1992; Mucina and Kolbek, 1993a; Duvigneaud and Saintenoy-Simon, 1995; Duvigneaud and Saintenoy-Simon, 1997.