Pannonic Quercus - Carpinus betulus forests

English name: Pannonic oak - hornbeam forests

Description (English)

Forests of Quercus robur or Quercus petraea with Carpinus betulus occupying anomolous stations, in particular, on humid peri-riverine ground or on acid bedrock, in the hills of the Pannonic plains and their periphery, including Styria, the Burgenland, the Alföld, the western Transdanubian hills, the mid-Transdanubian ridge, the western Slovakian Danube plain and the eastern Slovakian lowlands, thus, in the zone of contact between zonal medio-European and Illyrian Carpinion communities with both of which they share characteristics.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type code G1.A1B
Bern Convention Included in a Resolution 4 habitat type at a higher level (G1.A1)
Relation to Annex I habitat types (EU Habitats Directive)

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Flowering Plants Carpinus betulus
Flowering Plants Quercus petraea
Flowering Plants Quercus robur
Species scientific name English common name Species group
Carpinus betulus Flowering Plants
Quercus petraea Flowering Plants
Quercus robur Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 41.2B Pannonic oak-hornbeam forests source
CORINE Land Cover 3.1.1. Broad-leaved forest n/a
BEAR Forest Types for Biodiversity Assessment 11 Mixed oak-hornbeam forest wider
Biotopes of Slovakia 1996 2112200 Dubovo-hrabové lesy panónske n/a
For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 G1.A1B Pannonic Quercus - Carpinus betulus forests same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 G1.A1B Pannonic Quercus - Carpinus betulus forests same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 G1.A1B Pannonic Quercus - Carpinus betulus forests same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 G1.A1B Pannonic Quercus - Carpinus betulus forests same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 G1.B1B Pannonic Quercus-Carpinus betulus forests same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 G1.8B Pannonic oak-hornbeam forests same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 41.2B Pannonic oak-hornbeam forests same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 41.2B Pannonic oak-hornbeam forests same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 41.2B   same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 41.2B   same
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