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Steppe [Quercus] woods

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English name	Steppe oak woods

English name

Steppe oak woods

EUNIS habitat type code	G1.7A	Level	4
Edition	EUNIS Habitat Classification 2012 - a revision of the habitat classification descriptions.

Description ( English )

Xero-thermophile oak woods of continental affinities of the wooded steppe zone of Pannonia and the Ponto-Sarmatic region, and their irradiations into regions or sites of high local continentality west and north of the Ponto-Pannonic region. The substrate consists of 'Loess' (Chernozem soils). Different [Quercus] spp. dominate in the tree layer, which is rich in continental steppic vegetation elements and geophytes of the [Aceri tatarici-Quercion] and [Potentillo albae-Quercion], e.g. [Carex michelii], [Dactylis polygama], [Geum urbanum], [Lathryrus niger], [Polygonatum latifolium], [Pulmonaria mollis ssp. mollis], [Tanacetum corymbosum], [Vincetoxicum hirundinaria], [Convallaria majalis], [Dictamnus albus], [Festuca rupicola] and [Potentilla alba].

Source

ILE SAS [edited ETC/BD] (2001)

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Relationships with other classifications

Classification	Code	Title	Relation type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	G1.7A	Steppe [Quercus] woods	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	G1.7A	Steppe [Quercus] woods	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	G1.7A	Steppe [Quercus] woods	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	G1.7A	Euro-Siberian steppe [Quercus] woods	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	G1.7A	Euro-Siberian steppe [Quercus] woods	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712	G1.92A	Euro-Siberian steppe oak woods	narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112	41.7A	Euro-Siberian steppe oak woods	narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112	41.7B	Irano-Anatolian steppe oak woods	narrower
CORINE Land Cover	3.1.1.	Broad-leaved forest	n/a
	G	Woodland, forest and other wooded land	Ancestor
	G1	Broadleaved deciduous woodland	Ancestor
	G1.7	Thermophilous deciduous woodland	Parent

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