EUNIS habitat classification 2012 amended 2019 > G - Woodland, forest and other wooded land > G3 - Coniferous woodland > G3.4 - Pinus sylvestris woodland south of the taiga > G3.42 - Middle European Pinus sylvestris forests > G3.423 - Western Eurasian steppe pine forests > G3.4232 - Sarmatic steppe Pinus sylvestris forests

Sarmatic steppe Pinus sylvestris forests

English name: Sarmatic steppe Scots pine forests

Description (English)

Xerophilous Pinus sylvestris woods of the wooded steppe belt of the Sarmatic region of western Eurasia and of areas with extreme continental local climates of northeastern Central Europe and Eastern Europe, extending from northeastern and eastern Brandenburg and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, north-central and eastern Poland in the west, through Podolia and the southern Russian plateaux, to Bashkiria.

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

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code G3.4232
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	Sarmatic steppe pine forest	91U0	Same	http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Conifers Pinus sylvestris

Species scientific name	English common name	Species group
Pinus sylvestris		Conifers

Other classifications

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112	42.5232	Sarmatic steppe pine forests	source
CORINE Land Cover	3.1.2.	Coniferous forest	n/a
Biotopes of the Czech Republic 2001	L8.2	LESOSTEPNÍ BORY (Forest-steppe pine forests)	same

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

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	G3.4232	Sarmatic steppe Pinus sylvestris forests	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	G3.4232	Sarmatic steppe Pinus sylvestris forests	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	G3.421	Sarmatic steppe Pinus sylvestris forests	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	42.5232	Sarmatic steppe pine forests	same

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