EUNIS habitat classification 2012 amended 2019 > G - Woodland, forest and other wooded land > G1 - Broadleaved deciduous woodland > G1.B - Non-riverine Alnus woodland

Non-riverine Alnus woodland

English name: Non-riverine alder woodland

Description (English)

Nonriparian, nonmarshy woods dominated by Alnus spp.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code G1.B
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
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	Western Taïga	9010	Overlap	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	Natural forests of primary succession stages of landupheaval coast	9030	Overlap

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Name	Definition	Other names	Reference
Alnion incanae Pawlowski et al. 1928	Alder-ash and oak riparian floodplain forests on nutrient-rich alluvial soils in nemoral zone of Europe	Cardamino-Fraxinion excelsae Passarge in Passarge et G. Hofmann 1968; Circaeo-Ulmion carpinifoliae Passarge in Passarge et G. Hofmann 1968; Alno-Padion Knapp ex Medwecka-Kornas in W. Matuszkiewicz et Borowik 1957; Carici remotae-Fraxinion excelsae Passarge in Passarge et G. Hofmann 1968; Eu-Filipendulo-Fraxinion excelsae Passarge in Passarge et G. Hofmann 1968; Carpino-Ulmion scabrae Passarge in Passarge et G. Hofmann 1968; Eu-Fraxino-Quercion roboris Passarge in Passarge et G. Hofmann 1968; Fraxino-Quercion roboris Passarge in Passarge et G. Hofmann 1968; Eu-Milio-Fraxinion excelsae Passarge in Passarge et G. Hofmann 1968; Alnion incanae Lakušic et al. 1975; Alnion incanae Lakušic et al. 1979; Alno-Fraxinion Meijer-Drees 1936; Alno-Fraxinion Scamoni et Passarge 1959 p.p.; Alno-Padion Knapp 1942; Alno-Ulmion Br.-Bl. et Tx. 1943; Alno-Ulmion Br.-Bl. et Tx. ex Tchou 1948; Cardamino-Fraxinion excelsae Passarge 1968; Carici remotae-Fraxinion excelsae Passarge 1968; Carici-Ulmion carpinifoliae Passarge 1968; Carpino-Ulmion Passarge 1968; Carpino-Ulmion carpinifoliae Passarge 1968; Carpino-Ulmion scabrae Passarge 1968; Circaeo-Ulmion carpinifoliae Passarge 1968; Eu-Filipendulo-Fraxinion excelsae Passarge 1968; Eu-Fraxino-Quercion roboris Passarge 1968; Eu-Milio-Fraxinion excelsae Passarge 1968; Filipendulo-Fraxinion excelsae Passarge 1968; Fraxinion excelsioris Moor 1977; Fraxinion excelsioris Nègre 1972; Fraxino excelsioris-Alnion glutinosae Julve 1993; Fraxino excelsioris-Quercion roboris Rameau 1997; Fraxino-Alnion Oberd. 1953; Fraxino-Carpinion Tx. et Diemont 1936; Fraxino-Quercion roboris Passarge 1968; Fraxino-Ulmion Ellenberg 1963; Milio-Fraxinion excelsae Passarge 1968; Molinio-Alnion glutinosae Kevey 2008; Sorbion aucupariae Rameau in Rameau et al. 1993; Ulmo-Quercion roboris Passarge 1968; Milio-Fraxinion excelsae Passarge in Passarge et G. Hofmann 1968; Carpino-Ulmion Passarge in Passarge et G. Hofmann 1968; Carpino-Ulmion carpinifoliae Passarge in Passarge et G. Hofmann 1968; Fraxino excelsioris-Quercion roboris Rameau in Royer et al. 2006; Ulmo-Quercion roboris Passarge in Passarge et G. Hofmann 1968; Filipendulo-Fraxinion excelsae Passarge in Passarge et G. Hofmann 1968	Schaminee et al, 2012
Alnion glutinosae Malcuit 1929	European regularly flooded alder carr forests	Athyrio-Alnion glutinosae Passarge 1968; Pellio-Alnion glutinosae Passarge 1978; Scirpo sylvatici-Alnion glutinosae Kevey 2008; Sphagno-Alnion glutinosae Passarge 1968; Thylepterido-Alnion glutinosae Passarge 1979; Sphagno-Alnion glutinosae Passarge in Passarge et G. Hofmann 1968; Athyrio-Alnion glutinosae Passarge in Passarge et G. Hofmann 1968	Schaminee et al, 2012

Species mentioned in habitat description

Not available

Other classifications

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112	41.C	Alder woods	same
CORINE Land Cover	3.1.1.	Broad-leaved forest	n/a
BEAR Forest Types for Biodiversity Assessment	?	Not found in FTBA classification	not defined
Milieux Naturels de Suisse 1998	6.3	Autres forêts de feuillus	wider

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

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	G1.B	Non-riverine Alnus woodland	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	G1.B	Non-riverine Alnus woodland	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	G1.B	Non-riverine Alnus woodland	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	G1.B	Non-riverine Alnus woodland	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	G1.92	Non-riverine Alnus woodland not on marshy terrain	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712	G1.D1	Alder woodland, non-riverine and not on marshy terrain	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	41.C	Alder woods	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	41.C	Alder woods	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	41.C		same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	41.C		same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991	41.C		same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989	41.C		same

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