Alpino-Carpathian yew woods

English name: Alpino-Carpathian yew woods

Description (English)

Taxus baccata woods of the Alpine system and of the Carpathians, in part rare facies of the yew-beech formations, in part amphibolite-colonizing woods with Picea abies and Fraxinus excelsior and Juniperus sabina.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type code G3.977
Bern Convention Included in a Resolution 4 habitat type at a higher level (G3.9)

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Conifers Juniperus sabina
Conifers Picea abies
Conifers Taxus baccata
Flowering Plants Fraxinus excelsior
Species scientific name English common name Species group
Juniperus sabina Conifers
Picea abies Conifers
Taxus baccata Conifers
Fraxinus excelsior Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 42.A77 Alpino-Carpathian yew woods source
For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 G3.977 Alpino-Carpathian yew woods same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 G3.977 Alpino-Carpathian yew woods same
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