Closed, dry or mesophile, perennial grasslands occupying acid soils in Atlantic or sub-Atlantic lowland, collinar and montane regions of middle Europe and western Iberia, with Nardus stricta, Festuca filiformis (F. tenuifolia), F. ovina, F. rubra, Agrostis capillaris, Danthonia decumbens, Anthoxanthum odoratum, Deschampsia flexuosa, Poa angustifolia, Galium saxatile, Polygala vulgaris, Viola canina, Meum athamanticum, Arnica montana, Centaurea nigra, Dianthus deltoides, Gentianella campestris, Chamaespartium sagittale, Jasione laevis, Potentilla erecta, Carex pilulifera. Any of the grasses listed can dominate or co-dominate distinctive facies; Calamagrostis epigejos or Carex arenaria also can invade and dominate some formations.
Closed mesophile grasslands formed by Agrostis spp. and Festuca spp.; in particular, widespread sheep-grazed upland pastures of the British Isles, and especially the Scottish Highlands, with abundant Agrostis capillaris, A. canina, Festuca ovina, and with Anthoxanthum odoratum, Holcus lanatus, Carex pilulifera, Alchemilla alpina s.l., Galium saxatile.