EUNIS habitat classification 2012 amended 2019 > G - Woodland, forest and other wooded land > G4 - Mixed deciduous and coniferous woodland > G4.C - Mixed Pinus sylvestris - thermophilous Quercus woodland

Mixed Pinus sylvestris - thermophilous Quercus woodland

English name: Mixed Scots pine - thermophilous oak woodland

Description (English)

Forests or woods of sub-Mediterranean climate regions and supra-Mediterranean altitudinal levels, and of western Eurasian steppe and substeppe zones, in which deciduous or semideciduous thermophilous Quercus species, or sometimes Carpinus spp., Ostrya carpinifolia, share the main canopy with Pinus sylvestris, Pinus pallasiana, Pinus salzmannii, Pinus nigra, thermophilous pines, junipers or cypresses. They constitute pine-oak facies of thermophilous deciduous woodland (G1.7).

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type code G4.C

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Conifers Pinus nigra
Conifers Pinus sylvestris
Flowering Plants Ostrya carpinifolia
Species scientific name English common name Species group
Pinus nigra Conifers
Pinus sylvestris Conifers
Ostrya carpinifolia Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 43.7 Thermophilous pine-oak forests same
CORINE Land Cover 3.1.3. Mixed forest n/a
BEAR Forest Types for Biodiversity Assessment ? Not found in FTBA classification not defined
Milieux Naturels de Suisse 1998 6.3.4 Chênaie buissonnante overlap
For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 G4.C Mixed Pinus sylvestris - thermophilous Quercus woodland same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 G4.C Mixed Pinus sylvestris - thermophilous Quercus woodland same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 G4.C Mixed Pinus sylvestris - thermophilous Quercus woodland same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 G4.C Mixed Pinus sylvestris - thermophilous Quercus woodland same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 G1.C7 Thermophilous Pinus-Quercus forests same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 G1.I7 Thermophilous pine-oak forests same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 43.7 Thermophilous pine-oak forests same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 43.7 Thermophilous pine-oak forests same
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