R15 Continental dry rocky steppic grassland and dwarf scrub on chalk outcrops
Usually open vegetation dominated by dwarf shrubs and perennial mat-forming continental steppe plants on free-draining base-rich soils on rocky chalk outcrops in the Don and (possibly also) Volga basins.
1.jpg)
2.jpg)
3.jpg)
4.jpg)
5.jpg)
Chytrý M., Tichý L., Hennekens S.M., Knollová I., Janssen J.A.M., Rodwell J.S. … Schaminée J.H.J. (2020) EUNIS Habitat Classification: expert system, characteristic species combinations and distribution maps of European habitats. Applied Vegetation Science 23: 648–675. https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12519
Version 2021-06-01, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4812736.
For the official presentation of the EUNIS Habitat Classification from the European Environment Agency, please see: EUNIS Terrestrial Habitat Classification 2021. The FloraVeg.EU presentation may show modifications and partial updates to the habitat classification.