Mesophile meso-to eutrophic lowland hay meadows of sub-Atlantic Western Europe, Central Europe, the humid Illyrian region and the Carpathian system, with Arrhenatherum elatius, Alopecurus pratensis, Bromus erectus, Dactylis glomerata, Festuca rubra, Daucus carota, Crepis biennis, Knautia arvensis, Leucanthemum vulgare, Pimpinella major, Trifolium dubium, Geranium pratense, Alchemilla xanthochlora, Campanula patula, Pastinaca sativa, Galium album, Equisetum arvense, Medicago sativa, Picris hieracioides, Sanguisorba officinalis. Vegetation of alliance Arrhenatherion elatioris.
Drier, more thermophile, swards of the lowland sub-Atlantic mesophile hay meadows of Western Europe and Central Europe, dominated by Arrhenatherum elatius, and with a species composition that includes Festuco-Brometea dry grassland species, in particular, Salvia pratensis, Bromus erectus, Ranunculus bulbosus, Dianthus carthusianorum, Pimpinella saxifraga, Plantago media, Galium verum, Euphorbia cyparissias, Linum catharticum.