Sparse or discontinuous xerophile grasslands of Stipa pennata, Festuca auquieri (F. duriuscula), F. hervieri, Koeleria vallesiana or Sesleria albicans var. elegantissima with Helianthemum apenninum, H. canum, Genista spp., Globularia spp., Ononis striata, Euphorbia seguieriana, Potentilla crantzii, Thymus dolomiticus, Plantago argentea, Rosa pimpinellifolia, Dianthus sylvestris, Lavandula angustifolia, Aster alpinus, Anthyllis spp., Carex humilis, best developed in the Causses, but also present locally in Provence and Languedoc, from the Alps to Catalonia.
More closed Sesleria albicans var. elegantissima-dominated grasslands occupying usually exiguous surfaces of somewhat shaded slopes, ledges, rocky corridors and snow-retaining cliff-bases in the Causses and other low mountains of the Mediterranean periphery of southern France and Catalonia, in particular Montserrat, the Corbières, the montagne d'Alaric and western Provence.