Mesotrophic hay meadows of low altitudes of Europe, fertilised and well-drained, with Arrhenatherum elatius, Trisetum flavescens, Anthriscus sylvestris, Heracleum sphondylium, Daucus carota, Crepis biennis, Knautia arvensis, Leucanthemum vulgare, Pimpinella major, Trifolium dubium, Geranium pratense; they are most characteristic of the nemoral and boreonemoral zones of Europe, but extend to the Cordillera Central, the Apennines and the supra-Mediterranean zone of the Balkan peninsula and Greece.
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.