EUNIS habitat classification 2012 amended 2019 > G - Woodland, forest and other wooded land > G3 - Coniferous woodland > G3.4 - Pinus sylvestris woodland south of the taiga > G3.4E - Ponto-Caucasian Pinus sylvestris forests

Ponto-Caucasian Pinus sylvestris forests

English name: Ponto-Caucasian Scots pine forests

Description (English)

Forests composed of pines of the Pinus sylvestris group, mostly included in Pinus sylvestris ssp. hamata or its intermediates with Pinus sylvestris ssp. sylvestris, sometimes in species Pinus kochiana, Pinus hamata or Pinus armena, of the Pontic Range, its satellites and inner Anatolian outposts, of the mountains of the Crimea and of the Caucasus.

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

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code G3.4E
Bern Convention	Resolution 4 habitat type (used for designation of Emerald sites)

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]

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Conifers Pinus sylvestris

Species scientific name	English common name	Species group
Pinus sylvestris		Conifers

Other classifications

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112	42.5F	Ponto-Caucasian Scots pine forests	source
CORINE Land Cover	3.1.2.	Coniferous forest	n/a
BEAR Forest Types for Biodiversity Assessment	?	Not found in FTBA classification	not defined

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

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	G3.4E	Ponto-Caucasian Pinus sylvestris forests	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	G3.4E	Ponto-Caucasian Pinus sylvestris forests	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	G3.4E	Ponto-Caucasian Pinus sylvestris forests	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	G3.4E	Ponto-Caucasian Pinus sylvestris forests	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	G3.4E	Ponto-Caucasian Pinus sylvestris forests	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712	G3.5E	Ponto-Caucasian Scots pine forests	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	42.5F	Ponto-Caucasian Scots pine forests	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	42.5F	Ponto-Caucasian Scots pine forests	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	42.5F		same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	42.5F		same

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