EUNIS habitat classification 2012 amended 2019 > G - Woodland, forest and other wooded land > G1 - Broadleaved deciduous woodland > G1.A - Meso- and eutrophic Quercus, Carpinus, Fraxinus, Acer, Tilia, Ulmus and related woodland > G1.A1 - Quercus - Fraxinus - Carpinus betulus woodland on eutrophic and mesotrophic soils > G1.A16 - Sub-continental Quercus - Carpinus betulus forests

Sub-continental Quercus - Carpinus betulus forests

English name: Sub-continental oak - hornbeam forests

Description (English)

Quercus robur or Quercus petraea forests of eutrophic or mesotrophic soils of subcontinental and continental northern and central Central Europe and of Eastern Europe. Carpinus betulus is generally present in their western representatives, widespread in Central Europe and western Eastern Europe. They are richer in lime, Tilia cordata, than the sub-Atlantic forests of units G1.A13, G1.A14 and 41.25. They are of more northern character in their area of mutual approach than the Balkanic forests of unit G1.A1C. Their southern limit of occurrence follows the Carpathian arc, the northern rim of the Podolian plateaux, and, farther east, the southern limit of nemoral forests.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code G1.A16
Bern Convention	Included in a Resolution 4 habitat type at a higher level (G1.A1)
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
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	Galio-Carpinetum oak-hornbeam forests	9170	Wider	http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm
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	Pannonic woods with Quercus petraea and Carpinus betulus	91G0	Overlap

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Flowering Plants Carpinus betulus

Flowering Plants Quercus petraea

Flowering Plants Quercus robur

Flowering Plants Tilia cordata

Species scientific name	English common name	Species group
Carpinus betulus		Flowering Plants
Quercus petraea		Flowering Plants
Quercus robur		Flowering Plants
Tilia cordata		Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112	41.26	Sub-continental oak-hornbeam forests	source
CORINE Land Cover	3.1.1.	Broad-leaved forest	n/a
BEAR Forest Types for Biodiversity Assessment	11	Mixed oak-hornbeam forest	wider
Milieux Naturels de Suisse 1998	6.3.3	Chênaie à charmes	wider
Biotopes of the Czech Republic 2001	L3.2	POLONSKÉ DUBOHABŘINY (Polonian oak-hornbeam forests)	narrower
Biotopes of the Czech Republic 2001	L3.1	HERCYNSKÉ DUBOHABŘINY (Hercynian oak-hornbeam forests)	narrower
Biotopes of the Czech Republic 2001	L3.4	PANONSKÉ DUBOHABŘINY (Pannonian oak-hornbeam forests)	narrower
Biotopes of the Czech Republic 2001	L3.3	KARPATSKÉ DUBOHABŘINY (Carpathian oak-hornbeam forests)	narrower
Biotopes of Slovakia 1996	2112100	Dubovo-hrabové lesy karpatské	n/a
Biotopes of Slovakia 1996	2112300	Dubovo-hrabové lesy lipové	n/a

For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	G1.A16	Sub-continental Quercus - Carpinus betulus forests	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	G1.A16	Sub-continental Quercus - Carpinus betulus forests	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	G1.A16	Sub-continental Quercus - Carpinus betulus forests	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	G1.A16	Sub-continental Quercus - Carpinus betulus forests	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	G1.B16	Sub-continental Quercus-Carpinus betulus forests	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712	G1.86	Sub-continental oak-hornbeam forests	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	41.26	Sub-continental oak-hornbeam forests	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	41.26	Sub-continental oak-hornbeam forests	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	41.26		same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	41.26		same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991	41.26		same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989	41.26		same

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