Well-drained or dry lands dominated by grass or herbs, mostly not fertilized and with low productivity. Included are Artemisia steppes. Excluded are dry mediterranean lands with shrubs of other genera where the shrub cover exceeds 10%; these are listed as garrigue (F6).
Low annuals on dry and warm trampled localities, for example the community of Matricario matricarioidis-Polygonion arenastri recorded in Hungary and Serbia with Coronopus squamatus, Cynodon dactylon, Eragrostis minor, Herniaria glabra, Herniaria hirsuta, Juncus tenuis, Lepidium ruderale, Lolium perenne, Matricaria discoidea, Plantago lanceolata, Plantago major, Poa annua agg. and Polygonum arenastrum.