Concept: Closed non-Mediterranean dry acid and neutral grassland in the eunishabitats vocabulary

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Concept URI	http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/eunishabitats/E1.7
Preferred label	Closed non-Mediterranean dry acid and neutral grassland
Definition	Closed, dry or mesophile, perennial grasslands occupying acid soils in Atlantic or sub-Atlantic lowland to montane regions of northern Europe, middle Europe and western Iberia, with [Nardus stricta], [Festuca filiformis] ([Festuca tenuifolia]), [Festuca ovina], [Festuca rubra], [Agrostis capillaris], [Danthonia decumbens], [Anthoxanthum odoratum], [Deschampsia flexuosa], [Poa angustifolia], [Galium saxatile], [Polygala vulgaris], [Viola canina], [Meum athamanticum], [Arnica montana], [Centaurea nigra], [Dianthus deltoides], [Gentianella campestris], [Chamaespartium sagittale], [Jasione laevis], [Potentilla erecta], [Carex pilulifera]. Any of the grasses listed can dominate or codominate distinctive facies; [Calamagrostis epigejos] or [Carex arenaria] also can invade and dominate some formations.
Notation	E1.7
Status	Valid
Status Modified	2014-01-31
Accepted Date	2014-01-31
Not Accepted Date
Has broader	E1 (Dry grasslands) in biodiversity/eunishabitats
Has narrower	E1.71 ([Nardus stricta] swards) in biodiversity/eunishabitats E1.72 ([Agrostis] - [Festuca] grassland) in biodiversity/eunishabitats E1.73 ([Deschampsia flexuosa] grassland) in biodiversity/eunishabitats E1.74 ([Calamagrostis epigejos] stands) in biodiversity/eunishabitats E1.75 ([Carex arenaria] grassland) in biodiversity/eunishabitats E1.76 (Dry sub-continental acid steppic grasslands) in biodiversity/eunishabitats
Has exact match	http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/habitats/138