A higher‐level classification of the Pannonian and western Pontic steppe grasslands (Central and Eastern Europe)
Journal: Applied Vegetation Science
Year: 2016

We propose the following classification of the <i>Festuco-Brometea</i> in our study area: (1) <i>Brometalia erecti</i> (semi-dry grasslands) with <i>Scabioso ochroleucae-Poion angustifoliae</i> (steppe meadows of the forest zone of E Europe) and <i>Cirsio-Brachypodion pinnati</i> (meadow steppes on deep soils in the forest-steppe zone of E Central and E Europe); (2) <i>Festucetalia valesiacae</i> (grass steppes) with <i>Festucion valesiacae</i> (grass steppes on less developed soils in the fores