34.7 - Mediterraneo-montane grasslands

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Open perennial grasslands, often rich in chamaephytes, most characteristic of the thermophilous oak level of Iberia, southern France, southern Italy, Greece and the Balkans. Some of the largest remaining expanses of unbroken grasslands in Europe, of evident importance as faunal habitats, belong to this division.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Ononido-Rosmarinetea p., Brachypodio-Chrysopogonetea p., i.a.

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)