Western Hercynian thermophile acidophilous oak forests

English name: Western Hercynian thermophile acidophilous oak forests

Description (English)

Xerophile Quercus petraea woods on sunny escarpments with dry superficial, siliceous, often schistous soils of the Rhine rift and the schistous Hercynian ranges.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type code G1.872
Bern Convention Included in a Resolution 4 habitat type at a higher level (G1.8)

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Flowering Plants Quercus petraea
Species scientific name English common name Species group
Quercus petraea Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 41.572 Western Hercynian thermophile acidophilous oak forests source
For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 G1.872 Western Hercynian thermophile acidophilous oak forests same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 G1.872 Western Hercynian thermophile acidophilous oak forests same
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