38.2 - Lowland and collinar hay meadows

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Mesophile hay meadows of low altitudes of Europe, fertilized and well-drained, with Arrhenatherum elatius, Trisetum flavescens, Anthriscus sylvestris, Heracleum sphondylium, Daucus carota, Crepis biennis, Knautia arvensis, Leucanthemum vulgare, Pimpinella major, Trifolium dubium, Geranium pratense; they are most characteristic of the Euro-Siberian zone, but extend to Atlantic Iberia, the Cordillera Central and Montseny, to the Apennines and to the supramediterranean zone of Greece.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Molinio-Arrhenatheretea: Arrhenatheretalia elatioris: Arrhenatherion elatioris, Brachypodio-Centaureion nemoralis, Festucion pratensis

Bibliographie

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)

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