Mesophile grasslands of middle European Hercynian hills, of the middle elevations of the greater Hercynian ranges, the Jura, the pre-Alps, the Dinarides, the Pelagonides, the Carpathians, the Pyrenees, the mountains of the northwestern Iberian peninsula, intermediate between the lowland meadows of unit E2.22 and the montane meadows of unit E2.3. Vegetation of alliance Arrhenatherion elatioris, and association Arrhenatheretum elatioris. Arrhenatherum elatius is the dominant species, while Pastinaca sativa, Trifolium dubium, Knautia arvensis and Crepis biennis often occur.
Hay meadows of higher elevations of the lesser Hercynian ranges, with Meum athamanticum, Festuca nigrescens, Geranium sylvaticum, Lathyrus montanus, Phyteuma spicatum, Potentilla erecta, Galium saxatile, Ranunculus bulbosus, Pimpinella saxifraga, Lotus uliginosus.