EUNIS habitat classification 2012 amended 2019 > G - Woodland, forest and other wooded land > G1 - Broadleaved deciduous woodland > G1.7 - Thermophilous deciduous woodland

Thermophilous deciduous woodland

English name: Thermophilous deciduous woodland

Description (English)

Forests or woods of submediterranean climate regions and supramediterranean altitudinal levels, and of western Eurasian steppe and substeppe zones, dominated by deciduous or semideciduous thermophilous Quercus species or by other southern trees such as Carpinus orientalis, Castanea sativa or Ostrya carpinifolia. Thermophilous deciduous trees may, under local microclimatic or edaphic conditions, replace the evergreen oak forests in mesomediterranean or thermomediterranean areas, and occur locally to the north in central and western Europe.

Source:
EUNIS habitat classification
Interpretation Manual of the habitats targeted by Resolution No. 4

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code G1.7
Bern Convention	Resolution 4 habitat type (used for designation of Emerald sites)
Relation to	Annex I habitat types (EU Habitats Directive)

Legal status

Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements

Legal text	Annex	More information
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats (Bern Convention)	Revised Annex I of Resolution 4 (1996) of the Bern Convention on endangered natural habitats types using the EUNIS habitat classification (year of revision 2014)	https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc....ckColorLogged=FDC864 Resolution No. 4 (1996) of the Bern Convention lists endangered natural habitats requiring specific conservation measures [and the designation of Areas of Special Conservation Interest (ASCIs) forming the Emerald network]

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
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	Eastern white oak woods	91AA	Wider	http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm
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	Thermophilous Fraxinus angustifolia woods	91B0	Wider
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	Pannonian woods with Quercus pubescens	91H0	Wider
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	Euro-Siberian steppic woods with Quercus spp	91I0	Wider
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	Pannonian-Balkanic turkey oak –sessile oak forests	91M0	Wider
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	Pannonic inland sand dune thicket (Junipero-Populetum albae)	91N0	Wider
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	Moesian silver lime woods	91Z0	Wider
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	Galicio-Portuguese oak woods with Quercus robur and Quercus pyrenaica	9230	Wider
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	Quercus faginea and Quercus canariensis Iberian woods	9240	Wider
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	Quercus trojana woods	9250	Wider
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	Castanea sativa woods	9260	Wider
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	Aegean Quercus brachyphylla woods	9310	Wider
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	Quercus macrolepis forests	9350	Wider

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Name	Definition	Other names	Reference
Pino calabricae-Quercion congestae S. Brullo et al. 1999	Siculo-Calabrian supramediterranean pine-oak forests	Festuco exaltatae-Quercion humilis Ubaldi 2003	Schaminee et al, 2012
Carpino betuli–Quercion petraeae Grebenshchikov et al. 1990	Caucasian xero-mesic forests with Quercus petraea, Carpinus betulus and Acer laetum on brown forest soils over limestone		Schaminee et al, 2012
Crataego laevigati-Quercion cerridis Arrigoni 1997	Submediterranean acidophilous thermophilous oak forests of southern Italy	Lathyro montani-Quercion cerridis Scoppola et Filesi 1990; Lathyro montani-Quercion cerridis Scoppola et Filesi 1998; Lonicero etruscae-Quercion pubescentis Arrigoni et Foggi 1988; Lathyro montani-Quercion cerridis Scoppola et Filesi 1995; Mespilo-Carpinion betuli Ubaldi 2003; Quercion cerridis Avena et Bruno 1975; Teucrio siculi-Quercion cerridis Ubaldi 2003; Lonicero etruscae-Quercion pubescentis Arrigoni et Foggi ex Arrigoni et al.1990; Teucrio siculi-Quercion cerridis Ubaldi et al. 1987	Schaminee et al, 2012
Quercion confertae Horvat 1958	Thermophilous deciduous oak forests on deeper, slightly acid soils of Balkans, northern Greece and southern Italy	Melitto albidae-Quercion frainetto Barbero et al. in Barbero et Quézel ex Quézel et al. 1992; Quercion confertae-cerridis Horvat 1959 nom. mut. propos.; Quercion confertae Horvat 1954; Quercion frainetto Horvat 1958 nom. mut. propos.; Quercion frainetto-cerridis Horvat 1959; Melitto albidae-Quercion frainetto Barbero et al. in Barbero et Quézel 1976; Quercion farnetto Horvat 1954 nom. mut. propos. (orig., see Jakucs 1960: 283)	Schaminee et al, 2012
Quercion petraeae Issler 1931	Central European acidophilous thermophilous oak forests	Veronico officinalis-Quercion Pop ex Resmerita 1975; Potentillo albae-Quercion petraeae Jakucs in Zólyomi 1967; Euphorbio-Quercion G. Hofmann in Passarge 1968; Peucedano-Quercion G. Hofmann in Passarge et G. Hofmann 1968; Peucedano-Quercion G. Hofmann in Passarge 1968; Sileno-Quercion G. Hofmann in Passarge 1968; Veronico officinalis-Quercion Pop 1971; Euphorbio-Quercion G. Hofmann in Passarge et G. Hofmann 1968; Dactylido-Quercion Passarge in Passarge et G. Hofmann 1968; Querco-Carpinion betuli (Klika 1957) A.O. Horvát 1976	Schaminee et al, 2012
Junipero excelsae-Quercion pubescentis Jakucs 1960	Thermophilous pseudomaquis replacing oak forests of Crimea		Schaminee et al, 2012
Elytrigio nodosae-Quercion pubescentis Didukh 1996	Crimean thermophilous oak forests on deep dry soils on south-facing slopes over limestone		Schaminee et al, 2012
Aceri tatarici-Quercion Zólyomi 1957	Xerophilous oak forests of deep soil in Pontic-Pannonian region	Quercion pedunculiflorae Doltu, Popescu et Sanda 1980; Aceri tatarici-Quercion Zólyomi et Jakucs 1957; Quercion pedunculiflorae Popescu et al. 1979	Schaminee et al, 2012
Quercion macrolepidis Zohary ex Di Pietro, Mucina et Bergmeier 2013	Thermo- and mesomediterranean deciduous oak forests of Aegean and southern Anatolian regions	Quercion macrolepidis Zohary 1973	Schaminee et al, 2012
Quercion petraeae-cerridis Lakušic et Jovanovic in B. Jovanovic ex Carni et Mucina 2013	Oak woods of submontane and montane belts of central Balkans	Quercion cerris-macedonicae Horvat 1938; Quercion petraeae-cerridis Lakušic et B. Jovanovic in B. Jovanovic et al. ex Carni et al. 2009; Quercion petraeae-cerridis Lakušic et B. Jovanovic in B. Jovanovic et al. 1980	Schaminee et al, 2012
Aceri granatensis-Quercion fagineae (Rivas Goday, Rigual et Rivas-Mart. in Rivas Goday et al. 1960) Rivas-Mart. 1987	Thermo-supramediterranean and submediterranean mesophytic oak and maple forests of Iberian Peninsula and Balearic Islands		Schaminee et al, 2012
Fraxino orni-Ostryion Tomažic 1940	Amphiadriatic and southern Balcanic thermophilous oak hop hornbeam forests on calcareous substrates	Campanulo-Ostryion Ubaldi 1986; Carpinion orientalis Blecic et Lakušic 1966; Carpinion orientalis Horvat 1954; Carpinion orientalis Horvat 1958; Carpinion orientalis Horvat 1959; Carpinion orientalis Lakušic et al. 1982; Cytiso-Quercion pubescentis Ubaldi 1980; Laburno-Ostryion Ubaldi 1980; Laburno-Ostryion Ubaldi 1995; Lauro nobilis-Quercion pubescentis Ubaldi 1988; Orneto-Ostryon Tomažic 1940 (orig. form); Ostryo-Carpinion adriaticum Horvat 1959; Ostryo-Carpinion aegaeicum Horvat 1959; Ostryo-Carpinion orientalis Horvat 1954; Ostryo-Carpinion orientalis Horvat 1959; Ostryo-Fraxinion orni de Foucault et Julve 1991; Querco-Carpinion orientalis Csurös et al. 1968; Seslerio-Ostryoin (Tomažic 1940) Lakušic et al. 1982	Schaminee et al, 2012
Quercion pubescenti-petraeae Br.-Bl. 1932 nom. mut.	Central European calciphilous thermophilous oak forests	Quercion petraeae Zólyomi et Jakucs ex Jakucs 1960; Aceri opali-Quercion lanuginosae Gillet 1986; Buxo-Quercion pubescentis Jakucs 1960; Buxo-Quercion pubescentis Zólyomi et Jakucs 1957; Carici montanae-Quercion Foerster 1968; Dictamno-Sorbion Knapp 1942; Dictamno-Sorbion Knapp ex Jakucs 1960; Eu-Quercion pubescentis Klika 1957; Quercion cerridis Lakušic 1976; Quercion petraeae Zólyomi et Jakucs 1957; Quercion pubescenti-sessiliflorae Br.-Bl. 1931; Quercion pubescenti-sessiliflorae Br.-Bl. 1932; Quercion pubescentis Br.-Bl. 1931; Quercion pubescentis Br.-Bl. ex Klika 1937; Trifolio-Quercion petraeae-roboris Forster 1968; Quercion humili-petraeae Br.-Bl. 1932 nom. mut. propos.; Genisto tinctoriae-Quercion petraeae-roboris Forster 1968; Quercion lanuginosae-sessiliflorae Br.-Bl. 1930 (sensu Klika 1935); Fruticiquercion pubescentis Rübel 1933 (orig. form)	Schaminee et al, 2012
Convallario majalis-Quercion roboris Shevchyk et Solomakha in Shevchyk et al. 1996	Acidophilous oak forests on gleyic podzolized soils of Ukraine		Schaminee et al, 2012
Erythronio-Quercion petraeae Ubaldi et al. 1988	Chestnut and oak woods on neutral and acidic flysch and volcanic substrates of northern Italy		Schaminee et al, 2012
Carpino orientalis-Quercion pubescentis Korzhenevsky et Shelyag-Sosonko 1983	Crimean thermophilous oak forests on deep brown forest soils in mesic habitats over limestone		Schaminee et al, 2012

Species mentioned in habitat description

Flowering Plants Carpinus orientalis

Flowering Plants Castanea sativa

Flowering Plants Ostrya carpinifolia

Species scientific name	English common name	Species group
Carpinus orientalis		Flowering Plants
Castanea sativa		Flowering Plants
Ostrya carpinifolia		Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112	41.7	Thermophilous and supra-Mediterranean oak woods	same
CORINE Land Cover	3.1.1.	Broad-leaved forest	n/a
BEAR Forest Types for Biodiversity Assessment	14	Mediterranean and Submediterranean mixed oak forest	narrower
Milieux Naturels de Suisse 1998	6.3.5	Ostryaie buissonnante du sud des Alpes	narrower
Milieux Naturels de Suisse 1998	6.3.4	Chênaie buissonnante	narrower
Biotopes of Slovakia 1996	2114300	Dubové subxerotermofilné a borovicové xerofilné lesy	n/a

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

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	G1.7	Thermophilous deciduous woodland	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	G1.7	Thermophilous deciduous woodland	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	G1.7	Thermophilous deciduous woodland	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	G1.7	Thermophilous deciduous woodland	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	G1.7	Thermophilous deciduous Quercus woodland	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712	G1.92	Thermophilous and supra-Mediterranean oak woodland	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	41.7	Thermophilous and supra-Mediterranean oak woods	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	41.7	Thermophilous and supra-Mediterranean oak woods	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	41.7		same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	41.7		same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991	41.7		same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989	41.7		same

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