Woodland edge (seam) vegetation of the nemoral, boreo-nemoral and submediterranean zones, composed of warmth-requiring drought-resistant herbaceous perennials and shrubs, which form a belt between dry or mesophile grasslands and the shrubby forest mantle, on the sunny side, where the nutrient supply is limited, or, sometimes, pioneering the woodland colonization into the grasslands.
Mesophile and xero-acidocline hems of Carpinion and Fagion woods, developed on deeper soil than those of unit E5.21, or on siliceous substrates, with Trifolium medium, Trifolium ochroleucon, Brachypodium sylvaticum, Digitalis grandiflora, Peucedanum cervaria, Campanula baumgartenii, Origanum vulgare, Melampyrum spp., Valeriana wallrothii, Agrimonia eupatoria, Vicia spp., Lathyrus latifolius and Teucrium scorodonia. Alliances Trifolion medii, Melampyrion pratensis.