Illyrian Quercus - Carpinus betulus forests
Description (English)
Forests of Quercus robur or Quercus petraea, sometimes Quercus cerris, and Carpinus betulus occupying the basins of the Drava and Sava in Slovenia, Croatia, northern Bosnia-Herzegovina, with outliers in south Hungarian mid-Pannonic and peri-Pannonic hills, south of Lake Balaton, in southern Carinthia and Styria and in valleys and hills, particularly karst valleys, of the western Balkan peninsula south to Montenegro, Albania and the F.Y.R. of Macedonia, characterized by higher continentality than in the sub-Mediterranean and by higher temperatures than in middle Europe; they are intermediate between those of central Europe and those of the Balkans and merge northwards into the Pannonic oak woods. Constituting a centre of diversity, they have a much higher species richness than the Central European oak woods. Acer tataricum, Cyclamen purpurascens, Epimedium alpinum, Erythronium dens-canis, Helleborus dumetorum ssp. atrorubens, Knautia drymeia are characteristic. Outliers of these forests also occur in Frioul and the northern Apennines; they have been included in unit 41.28.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
EUNIS habitat type | code G1.A1A |
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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 |
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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 | Illyrian oak-hornbeam forests (Erythronio-carpinion) | 91L0 | 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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Acer tataricum | Flowering Plants | |
Carpinus betulus | Flowering Plants | |
Cyclamen purpurascens | Flowering Plants | |
Epimedium alpinum | Flowering Plants | |
Erythronium dens-canis | Flowering Plants | |
Knautia drymeia | Flowering Plants | |
Quercus cerris | Flowering Plants | |
Quercus petraea | Flowering Plants | |
Quercus robur | Flowering Plants |
Other classifications
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 | 41.2A | Illyrian 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 |
History
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | G1.A1A | Illyrian Quercus - Carpinus betulus forests | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | G1.A1A | Illyrian Quercus - Carpinus betulus forests | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | G1.A1A | Illyrian Quercus - Carpinus betulus forests | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | G1.A1A | Illyrian Quercus - Carpinus betulus forests | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | G1.B1A | Illyrian Quercus-Carpinus betulus forests | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 | G1.8A | Illyrian oak-hornbeam forests | same |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 | 41.2A | Illyrian oak-hornbeam forests | same |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 | 41.2A | Illyrian oak-hornbeam forests | same |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 | 41.2A | same | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 | 41.2A | same |