Medio-European limestone Fagus forests
Description (English)
Xero-thermophile Fagus sylvatica forests developed on calcareous, often superficial, soils, usually of steep slopes, of the medio-European and Atlantic domaines of Western Europe and of central and northern Central Europe (also present in Greece), with a generally abundant herb and shrub undergrowth, characterised by sedges (Carex spp.), grasses (Sesleria albicans, Brachypodium pinnatum), orchids (Cephalanthera spp., Neottia nidus-avis, Epipactis spp.) of alliance Cephalanthero-Fagenion and thermophile species, transgressive of the Quercetalia pubescenti-petraeae. The bush-layer includes several calcicolous species (Ligustrum vulgare, Berberis vulgaris) and Buxus sempervirens can dominate.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
EUNIS habitat type | code G1.66 |
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Bern Convention | Included in a Resolution 4 habitat type at a higher level (G1.6) |
Relation to | Annex I habitat types (EU Habitats Directive) |
Legal status
Relation to other habitat types mentioned in legal instruments
Legal text | Annex | Name in legal text | Code in legal text |
Habitat type relationship |
More information |
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Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora - consolidated version 01/01/2007 | Annex I: natural habitat types of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation | Medio-European limestone beech forests of the Cephalanthero-Fagion | 9150 | Same | http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm |
Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
Not availableSpecies mentioned in habitat description
Species scientific name | English common name | Species group |
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Berberis vulgaris | Flowering Plants | |
Brachypodium pinnatum | Flowering Plants | |
Buxus sempervirens | Flowering Plants | |
Fagus sylvatica | Flowering Plants | |
Ligustrum vulgare | Flowering Plants | |
Neottia nidus-avis | Flowering Plants | |
Sesleria albicans | Flowering Plants |
Other classifications
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 | 41.16 | Medio-European limestone beech forests | source |
CORINE Land Cover | 3.1.1. | Broad-leaved forest | n/a |
BEAR Forest Types for Biodiversity Assessment | 13 | Montane beech and mixed beech-fir-spruce forest | wider |
Milieux Naturels de Suisse 1998 | 6.2.1 | Hêtraie xérothermophile | same |
Biotopes of the Czech Republic 2001 | L5.3 | VÁPNOMILNÉ BUČINY (Limestone beech forests) | same |
Biotopes of Slovakia 1996 | 2113300 | Vápnomilné bukové lesy | n/a |
History
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | G1.66 | Medio-European limestone Fagus forests | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | G1.66 | Medio-European limestone Fagus forests | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | G1.66 | Medio-European limestone Fagus forests | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | G1.66 | Medio-European limestone Fagus forests | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | G1.66 | Medio-European limestone Fagus forests | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 | G1.76 | Medio-European limestone beech forests | same |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 | 41.16 | Medio-European limestone beech forests | same |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 | 41.16 | Medio-European limestone beech forests | same |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 | 41.16 | same | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 | 41.16 | same | |
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991 | 41.16 | same | |
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989 | 41.16 | same |