M20
North Caspian halophytic desert steppes (Artemisia pauciflora, Artemisia lerchiana, Camphorosma monspeliaca, Tanacetum achilleifolium) in combination with steppe communities (Agropyron desertorum, Stipa sareptana, Stipa lessingiana, Festuca valesiaca, Koeleria macrantha)
Description
Vegetation complexes with dominant halophilous and hyperhalophilous semi-dwarf shrubs are widespread; homogeneous mugwort tussock grass steppes are almost completely absent. Trans-Volgan-Kazakh steppe, north-Turanian desert steppe and desert species dominate. The vegetation cover is very heterogeneous and characterised by a complicated vegetation pattern.
M20a (dry steppe):
Biome:
Grass mix: grass, kentucky_bluegrass, timothy_grass, meadow_fescue
Patches of wormwood, small clumps of wild_shrub
M20b (desert steppe):
Biome:
Wormwood is dominant, sometimes in large, dense patches
Small patches of wood_horsetail, common_meadow_grass (maybe other short grasses?)
Scattered pine_bush
Tree Layer
Shrub Layer
Spiraea hypericifolia (in steppe communities) (wild_shrub)
Lianas
No detail
Herb Layer
M20a dry steppes: Agropyron desertorum, Stipa sareptana, Stipa capillata, Stipa lessingiana, Koeleria macrantha (timothy_grass), Festuca valesiaca (meadow_fescue), Artemisia lerchiana (wormwood);
M20b desert steppes: Artemisia pauciflora (wormwood), Artemisia lerchiana (wormwood), Tanacetum achilleifolium (wood_horsetail), Camphorosma monspeliaca (pine_bush)
Large stretches of land north of Mordor
