38.1 - Mesophile pastures

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Regularly grazed mesophile pastures of Europe, fertilized and on well-drained soils, with Lolium perenne, Cynosurus cristatus, Poa spp., Festuca spp., Trifolium repens, Leontodon autumnalis, Bellis perennis, Ranunculus repens, Ranunculus acris, Cardamine pratensis; they are most characteristic of the Euro-Siberian zone, but extend to Atlantic Iberia and the Cordillera Central, the Apennines and the supra-Mediterranean zone of the Balkan peninsula and Greece.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Molinio-Arrhenatheretea: Arrhenatheretalia elatioris: Cynosurion

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)

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