EUNIS habitat classification 2012 amended 2019 > B - Coastal habitats > B1 - Coastal dunes and sandy shores > B1.7 - Coastal dune woods

Coastal dune woods

English name: Coastal dune woods

Description (English)

Coastal dunes colonised by woodland which are directly influenced by proximity to the sea.

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

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code B1.7
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	Wooded dunes of the Atlantic, Continental and Boreal region	2180	Wider	http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm
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	Wooded dunes with Pinus pinea and/or Pinus pinaster	2270	Overlap

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Name	Definition	Other names	Reference
Carpinion betuli Issler 1931	Oak-hornbeam forests of Western and Central Europe, northern Balkans and western part of Eastern Europe	Aceri campestris-Carpinion betuli Gillet 1986; Bromo-Carpinion betuli Passarge 1968; Carpinion betuli (Tx. 1936) Oberd. 1953; Carpinion dacicum Soó 1964; Carpinion-(Fagion) Mayer 1937 (orig. form); Dactylido-Carpinion betuli Passarge 1968; Eu-Carpinion Scamoni et Passarge 1959; Fraxino-Carpinion Tx. 1937; Galio-Carpinion (Oberd. 1957) Kissling 1983; Lathyro hallersteinii-Carpinion Boscaiu 1974; Luzulion luzuloidis Julve 1993; Melampyro-Carpinion betuli Passarge 1968; Mercuriali-Carpinion S. Müller ex Julve 1988; Polytricho-Carpinion betuli Passarge 1968; Pulmonario-Carpinion (Oberd. 1957) Kissling 1983; Querco-Carpinion betuli Rameau 1996; Querco-Fagion Rameau 1997; Stachyo-Carpinion betuli Passarge 1968; Stellario-Carpinion betuli Passarge 1968; Polytricho-Carpinion betuli Passarge in Passarge et G. Hofmann 1968; Bromo-Carpinion betuli Passarge in Passarge et G. Hofmann 1968; Stellario-Carpinion betuli Passarge in Passarge et G. Hofmann 1968; Stachyo-Carpinion betuli Passarge in Passarge et G. Hofmann 1968; Aceri campestris-Carpinion betuli Gillet ex Julve 1993; Lonicero periclymeni-Carpinion (S. Müller 1978) Julve 1988; Melampyro-Carpinion betuli Passarge in Passarge et G. Hofmann 1968; Tilio cordatae-Carpinion (Oberd. 1957) Kissling 1983; Dactylido-Carpinion betuli Passarge in Passarge et G. Hofmann 1968	Schaminee et al, 2012
Ligustro vulgaris-Betulion pubescentis Ge´hu 2006	Coastal birch forests of Atlantic seaboards of North Sea and of western France	Populo tremulae-Carpinion betuli Julve 1993; Lonicero periclymeni-Betulion pubescentis Géhu 2006	Schaminee et al, 2012
Quercion ilicis Br.-Bl. ex Molinier 1934	Evergreen calciphilous kermes oak forests of Western Mediterranean	Quercion ilicis Br.-Bl. 1931; Quercion ilicis Br.-Bl. ex Br.-Bl. et al. 1952; Quercion ilicis valentinae Rivas Goday et al 1956; Aceri monspessulani-Quercion ilicis de Foucault et Julve 1991	Schaminee et al, 2012
Alnion incanae Pawlowski et al. 1928	Alder-ash and oak riparian floodplain forests on nutrient-rich alluvial soils in nemoral zone of Europe	Cardamino-Fraxinion excelsae Passarge in Passarge et G. Hofmann 1968; Circaeo-Ulmion carpinifoliae Passarge in Passarge et G. Hofmann 1968; Alno-Padion Knapp ex Medwecka-Kornas in W. Matuszkiewicz et Borowik 1957; Carici remotae-Fraxinion excelsae Passarge in Passarge et G. Hofmann 1968; Eu-Filipendulo-Fraxinion excelsae Passarge in Passarge et G. Hofmann 1968; Carpino-Ulmion scabrae Passarge in Passarge et G. Hofmann 1968; Eu-Fraxino-Quercion roboris Passarge in Passarge et G. Hofmann 1968; Fraxino-Quercion roboris Passarge in Passarge et G. Hofmann 1968; Eu-Milio-Fraxinion excelsae Passarge in Passarge et G. Hofmann 1968; Alnion incanae Lakušic et al. 1975; Alnion incanae Lakušic et al. 1979; Alno-Fraxinion Meijer-Drees 1936; Alno-Fraxinion Scamoni et Passarge 1959 p.p.; Alno-Padion Knapp 1942; Alno-Ulmion Br.-Bl. et Tx. 1943; Alno-Ulmion Br.-Bl. et Tx. ex Tchou 1948; Cardamino-Fraxinion excelsae Passarge 1968; Carici remotae-Fraxinion excelsae Passarge 1968; Carici-Ulmion carpinifoliae Passarge 1968; Carpino-Ulmion Passarge 1968; Carpino-Ulmion carpinifoliae Passarge 1968; Carpino-Ulmion scabrae Passarge 1968; Circaeo-Ulmion carpinifoliae Passarge 1968; Eu-Filipendulo-Fraxinion excelsae Passarge 1968; Eu-Fraxino-Quercion roboris Passarge 1968; Eu-Milio-Fraxinion excelsae Passarge 1968; Filipendulo-Fraxinion excelsae Passarge 1968; Fraxinion excelsioris Moor 1977; Fraxinion excelsioris Nègre 1972; Fraxino excelsioris-Alnion glutinosae Julve 1993; Fraxino excelsioris-Quercion roboris Rameau 1997; Fraxino-Alnion Oberd. 1953; Fraxino-Carpinion Tx. et Diemont 1936; Fraxino-Quercion roboris Passarge 1968; Fraxino-Ulmion Ellenberg 1963; Milio-Fraxinion excelsae Passarge 1968; Molinio-Alnion glutinosae Kevey 2008; Sorbion aucupariae Rameau in Rameau et al. 1993; Ulmo-Quercion roboris Passarge 1968; Milio-Fraxinion excelsae Passarge in Passarge et G. Hofmann 1968; Carpino-Ulmion Passarge in Passarge et G. Hofmann 1968; Carpino-Ulmion carpinifoliae Passarge in Passarge et G. Hofmann 1968; Fraxino excelsioris-Quercion roboris Rameau in Royer et al. 2006; Ulmo-Quercion roboris Passarge in Passarge et G. Hofmann 1968; Filipendulo-Fraxinion excelsae Passarge in Passarge et G. Hofmann 1968	Schaminee et al, 2012
Oleo-Ceratonion siliquae Br.-Bl. ex Guinochet et Drouineau 1944	Thermomediterranean maquis and matorral on calcareous substrates along seabords of Mediterranean	Euphorbion dendroidis Papastergiadou et al. 1997; Myrtion communis Allier et Lacoste 1980; Oleo-Ceratonion Br.-Bl. 1936	Schaminee et al, 2012
Dicrano-Pinion (Libbert 1933) W. Matuszkiewicz 1962	European temperate and sub-boreal pine woodlands communities of acidic sandy soils	Corynephoro-Pinion sylvestris Passarge in Passarge et G. Hofmann 1968; Pleurozio-Pinion sylvestris Passarge in Passarge et G. Hofmann 1968; Festuco ovinae-Pinion sylvestris Vorobiov et al. 1997; Cetrario-Pinion hercynicae Passarge 1968; Cladonio-Pinion sylvestris Passarge 1968; Corynephoro-Pinion sylvestris Passarge 1968; Deschampsio-Pinion sylvestris Br.-Bl. 1961; Piceo-Pinion sylvestris Lakušic 1982; Pinion medioeuropaeum Libbert 1933; Pinion sylvestris Lakušic 1976; Pleurozio-Pinion sylvestris Passarge 1968; Vaccinio-Pinion (Libbert 1933) Passarge 1968; Vaccinio-Pinion hercynicae Passarge 1969; Pinion (Libbert 1933) Oberd. 1957 nom. rejic. propos.; Pino-Quercion Medwecka-Kornas et al. in Szafer 1959; Cladonio-Pinion sylvestris Passarge in Passarge et G. Hofmann 1968	Schaminee et al, 2012
Quercion roboris Malcuit 1929	Southern temperate atlantic and subatlantic acidophilous oak and oak-birch forests on gleic soils of Western Europe	Betulo pendulae-Quercion petraeae Gillet 1986; Hieracio lachenalii-Quercion petraeae Pallas 1996; Quercion robori-sessiliflorae Br.-Bl. 1931; Quercion robori-sessiliflorae Br.-Bl. 1932; Quercion roboris acidiphilum Schmid 1936; Quercion sessiliflorae Issler 1931; Quercion robori-petraeae Br.-Bl. 1932 nom. mut. propos.	Schaminee et al, 2012
Juniperon phoeniceae-Pinon acutisquamae A.V. Pérez et Cabezudo in A.V. Pérez et al. 1988 corr. Rivas-Mart. et al. 2002 nom. invers. propos.	Betic thermo-supramediterranean matorral on ultramafic and dolomitic substrates	Pino acutisquamae-Juniperion phoeniceae A.V. Pérez et Cabezudo in A.V. Pérez et al. 1988 corr. Rivas-Mart. et al. 2002; Pino acutisquamae-Juniperion phoeniceae A.V. Pérez et Cabezudo in A.V. Pérez et al. 1988 corr. Rivas-Mart. et al. 2001; Pino pinastri-Juniperion phoeniceae A.V. Pérez et Cabezudo in A.V. Pérez et al. 1998	Schaminee et al, 2012
Pinion pineae Feinbrun 1959	Pinus pinea forests on leached sandy soils of eastern Mediterranean		Schaminee et al, 2012

Species mentioned in habitat description

Not available

Other classifications

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112	16.29	Wooded dunes	same
CORINE Land Cover	3.1.1.	Broad-leaved forest	n/a
CORINE Land Cover	3.1.2.	Coniferous forest	n/a
HELCOM Baltic Sea Marine and Coastal Biotopes 1998	03.04.06	Coastal dunes: (brown) dunes covered with trees	same

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

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	B1.7	Coastal dune woods	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	B1.7	Coastal dune woods	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	B1.7	Coastal dune woods	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	B1.7	Coastal dune woods	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	B1.7	Coastal dune woods	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712	B5.39	Wooded coastal dunes	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	16.29	Wooded dunes	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	16.29	Wooded dunes	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	16.29		same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	16.29		same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991	16.29		same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989	16.29		same

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