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.A17 - Sub-Atlantic calciphile Quercus - Carpinus betulus forests

Sub-Atlantic calciphile Quercus - Carpinus betulus forests

English name: Sub-Atlantic calciphile oak - hornbeam forests

Description (English)

Often low, open, xerophile forests dominated by Quercus robur or Quercus petraea, developed on superficial to deep soils associated with calcareous substrates in Hercynian southern central Germany, eastern and southern Belgium, eastern and central France; located within the range of the Pulmonario-Carpinenion, they offer similarities to the Galio-Carpinenion and generally constitute substitution forests of the Cephalanthero-Fagion, either regressive phases brought about by coppicing or recolonisation phases permitted by abandonment of Bromion grasslands.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code G1.A17
Bern Convention	Included in a Resolution 4 habitat type at a higher level (G1.A1)

Legal status

Not available

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Flowering Plants Quercus petraea

Flowering Plants Quercus robur

Species scientific name	English common name	Species group
Quercus petraea		Flowering Plants
Quercus robur		Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112	41.27	Sub-Atlantic calciphile 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

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

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	G1.A17	Sub-Atlantic calciphile Quercus - Carpinus betulus forests	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	G1.A17	Sub-Atlantic calciphile Quercus - Carpinus betulus forests	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	G1.A17	Sub-Atlantic calciphile Quercus - Carpinus betulus forests	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	G1.A17	Sub-Atlantic calciphile Quercus - Carpinus betulus forests	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	G1.B17	Sub-Atlantic calciphile Quercus-Carpinus betulus forests	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712	G1.87	Sub-Atlantic calciphile oak-hornbeam forests	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	41.27	Sub-Atlantic calciphile oak-hornbeam forests	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	41.27	Sub-Atlantic calciphile oak-hornbeam forests	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	41.27		same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	41.27		same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991	41.27		same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989	41.27		same

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