This is thermophilous vegetation of dry habitats dominated by perennial grasses and broad-leaved herbs, most notably by the biennial to perennial Falcaria vulgaris. It occurs on disturbed sites between dirt roads and field margins in agricultural landscapes, on railway banks or in vineyards. Soils are loamy to clayey, often developed on loess and with a high calcium content. In the Czech Republic this community occurs in warm and dry lowland to colline areas.