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Atlantic [Quercus robur] - [Betula] woods

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English name Atlantic pedunculate oak - birch woods Open code browser    Diagram icon

EUNIS habitat type code   G1.81 Level   4
Edition   EUNIS Habitat Classification 2012 - a revision of the habitat classification descriptions.

Description ( English )

Acidophilous forests of the Baltic-North Sea plain, composed of [Quercus robur], [Betula pendula] and [Betula pubescens], often mixed with [Sorbus aucuparia] and [Populus tremula], on very oligotrophic, often sandy and podsolised or hydromorphic soils; the shrub layer, poorly developed, includes [Frangula alnus]; the herb layer, formed by the group of [Deschampsia flexuosa], always includes [Molinia caerulea] and is often invaded by bracken. Forests of this type often prevail in the northern European plain, from Jutland to Flanders; they occupy more limited edaphic enclaves in the Ardennes and the middle and upper Rhenish ranges, in northwestern France, Normandy, Brittany, the Paris basin, the Morvan and Great Britain. East of the Elbe, in the Baltic lowlands, they are represented, east to Mecklenburg, by stands transitional, to a greater or lesser extent, to those of unit G4.71.

Source

ILE SAS (2001)

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Relationships with other classifications

Classification Code Title Relation type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 G1.81 Atlantic [Quercus robur] - [Betula] woods same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 G1.81 Atlantic [Quercus robur] - [Betula] woods same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 G1.81 Atlantic [Quercus robur] - [Betula] woods same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 G1.81 Atlantic [Quercus robur] - [Betula] woods same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 G1.81 Atlantic [Quercus robur]-[Betula] woods same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 G1.8D Atlantic pedunculate oak-birch woods same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 41.51 Atlantic pedunculate oak-birch woods source
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 41.51 Atlantic pedunculate oak-birch woods same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 41.51 Atlantic pedunculate oak-birch woods same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 41.51   same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 41.51   same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991 41.51   same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989 41.51   same
CORINE Land Cover 3.1.1. Broad-leaved forest n/a
BEAR Forest Types for Biodiversity Assessment 09 Mixed oak forest wider
Nordic Vegetation Classification 1994 2.2.3.1 Oak forest poor in herbs n/a
  G Woodland, forest and other wooded land Go to key navigator, starting with this habitat    Ancestor
  G1 Broadleaved deciduous woodland Go to key navigator, starting with this habitat    Ancestor
  G1.8 Acidophilous [Quercus]-dominated woodland    Parent
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