Pyrenean fir forests

English name: Pyrenean fir forests

Description (English)

Montane Abies alba forests of inner valleys of the Pyrenees, and of other stations of relative continentality, unfavourable to beech, more acidophilous than those of units G3.111 and G3.112, with Vaccinium myrtillus, Goodyera repens, Galium rotundifolium and a good representation of species of the neutrophilous beech forests, intermediate between this unit and unit G3.13.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type code G3.113

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Conifers Abies alba
Flowering Plants Galium rotundifolium
Flowering Plants Goodyera repens
Flowering Plants Vaccinium myrtillus
Species scientific name English common name Species group
Abies alba Conifers
Galium rotundifolium Flowering Plants
Goodyera repens Flowering Plants
Vaccinium myrtillus Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 42.113 Pyrenean fir forests source
For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 G3.113 Pyrenean fir forests same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 G3.113 Pyrenean fir forests same
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