Desert steppe

Continental, temperate very dry zonal steppe, occurring in a transition belt between the true steppe region and the semi-desert region of southern Ukraine, the south-east of European Russia and ranging further into Kazakhstan. Dry steppe is dominated by a combination of xerophytic tall and low grasses, e.g. Agropyron and Stipa, and xerophytic semi-shrubs, e.g. Artemisia and Tanacetum. Vegetation cover is relatively low, with most biomass belowground. Typically found on southern black soil (chernozems) and light chestnut soils (kastanozems).

Código Eunis 2021: R1C

Especies características

Diagnósticas

Agropyron desertorum, Allium flavescens, Allium lineare, Allium saxatile, Allium tulipifolium, Alyssum turkestanicum, Anabasis cretacea, Androsace maxima, Archanthemis trotzkiana, Arenaria procera, Artemisia austriaca, Artemisia lerchiana, Artemisia lessingiana, Artemisia nitrosa, Artemisia pauciflora, Artemisia salsoloides, Astragalus macropus, Astragalus reduncus, Astragalus rupifragus, Astragalus temirensis, Astragalus tenuifolius, Astragalus testiculatus, Atraphaxis decipiens, Atraphaxis frutescens, Bassia prostrata, Carex stenophylla, Crambe aspera, Ephedra distachya, Eriosynaphe longifolia, Erysimum leucanthemum, Ferula caspica, Ferula tatarica, Festuca valesiaca, Galatella divaricata, Galatella tatarica, Galatella villosa, Hedysarum tscherkassovae, Iris glaucescens, Jurinea kirghisorum, Jurinea multiflora, Klasea cardunculus, Klasea erucifolia, Koeleria pyramidata, Krascheninnikovia ceratoides, Lappula microcarpa, Lappula patula, Lepidium coronopifolium, Leymus akmolinensis, Leymus ramosus, Lomelosia isetensis, Meniocus linifolius, Nanophyton erinaceum, Nepeta ucranica, Ornithogalum fischerianum, Palimbia defoliata, Palimbia turgaica, Poa bulbosa, Prangos odontalgica, Psathyrostachys juncea, Psephellus turgaicus, Rhaponticoides kasakorum, Scorzonera hispanica, Seseli glabratum, Sisymbrium polymorphum, Sterigmostemum caspicum, Stipa lessingiana, Stipa sareptana, Tanacetum achilleifolium, Trinia hispida, Tulipa biebersteiniana, Tulipa biflora, Tulipa gesneriana, Zygophyllum pinnatum,

Constantes

Agropyron cristatum, Agropyron desertorum, Allium flavescens, Alyssum turkestanicum, Androsace maxima, Arenaria procera, Artemisia austriaca, Artemisia lerchiana, Artemisia pauciflora, Artemisia salsoloides, Astragalus macropus, Astragalus rupifragus, Astragalus tenuifolius, Astragalus testiculatus, Bassia prostrata, Bromus squarrosus, Camphorosma monspeliaca, Carex stenophylla, Ceratocarpus arenarius, Ceratocephala falcata, Descurainia sophia, Echinops ritro, Ephedra distachya, Eremopyrum orientale, Euphorbia seguieriana, Ferula caspica, Ferula tatarica, Festuca stricta subsp. sulcata, Festuca valesiaca, Galatella tatarica, Galatella villosa, Jurinea multiflora, Klasea erucifolia, Koeleria pyramidata, Leymus ramosus, Meniocus linifolius, Odontarrhena tortuosa, Palimbia defoliata, Poa bulbosa, Psathyrostachys juncea, Scorzonera hispanica, Stipa capillata, Stipa lessingiana, Stipa sareptana, Tanacetum achilleifolium, Tulipa biebersteiniana, Tulipa gesneriana, Veronica verna,