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Agropyron cristatum (L.) Gaertner ssp. pectinatum (M. Bieb.) Tzvelev

Flora Europaea perennial, H, 2n=14 xeric steppe and subdesert-steppe species Continental Palearctic species from the subdesert-steppe and steppes and also a great invader of the subdesert-steppe grasslands from the Rocky Mountains, North America. This subspecies occupies the western range of the species (the Euro-Kazahstan steppes). Agropyro-Kochion, Festucion valesiacae typical for R3418 habitat In Romania common in the steppe and forest-steppe in Dobrudja, Moldavia and eastern Valachia; present also in the upper part of the steep sunny slopes of southern and central Transylvania    A typical species for the most xeric grasslands of the continental Palearctis, from eastern Central Europe and the Mediterranean up to Mongolia. Pictures taken in between Istria and Baia villages, Dobrudja, Tulcea county, on 10th of August 2006 dr. Alexandru Badarau, alexandru@transsilvanica.com   Pictures taken at Capul Dolojman, on 8th of August 2006 (the two spikes to the right belong to Agropyrin cristatum ssp. pectinatum, the two from the left to Agropyron brandzae. dr. Alexandru Badarau, alexandru@transsilvanica.com