Sarmatic riverine Quercus forests

English name: Sarmatic riverine oak forests

Description (English)

Riverine forests of Quercus robur, Tilia cordata, Ulmus laevis, Ulmus effusa, Alnus cordata of the floodplains of great rivers of the Sarmatic nemoral and nemoro-steppic regions, distributed in the Baltic hinterland, in Polesia, along the rivers of the Podolian plateaux, and along those of the middle Russian plateaux and uplands, including the Belarus hills, the Valday Uplands, the Smolensk Uplands and the Central Russian Uplands, in the Volga-Kama system, in which Tilia cordata progressively replaces Quercus robur eastwards, extending south into the Pontic region, in particular along the lower Dniepr, and north into the southern boreal taiga zone.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type code G1.225
Bern Convention Included in a Resolution 4 habitat type at a higher level (G1.22)

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Flowering Plants Alnus cordata
Flowering Plants Quercus robur
Flowering Plants Tilia cordata
Flowering Plants Ulmus laevis
Species scientific name English common name Species group
Alnus cordata Flowering Plants
Quercus robur Flowering Plants
Tilia cordata Flowering Plants
Ulmus laevis Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 44.45 Sarmatic riverine oak forests source
CORINE Land Cover 3.1.1. Broad-leaved forest n/a
For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 G1.225 Sarmatic riverine Quercus forests same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 G1.225 Sarmatic riverine Quercus forests same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 G1.225 Sarmatic riverine Quercus forests same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 G1.225 Sarmatic riverine Quercus forests same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 G1.225 Sarmatic riverine Quercus forests same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 G1.425 Sarmatic riverine oak forests same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 44.45 Sarmatic riverine oak forests same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 44.45 Sarmatic riverine oak forests same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 44.45   same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 44.45   same
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