EUNIS habitat classification 2012 amended 2019 > G - Woodland, forest and other wooded land > G1 - Broadleaved deciduous woodland > G1.2 - Mixed riparian floodplain and gallery woodland > G1.22 - Mixed Quercus - Ulmus - Fraxinus woodland of great rivers > G1.223 - Southeast European Fraxinus - Quercus - Alnus forests

Southeast European Fraxinus - Quercus - Alnus forests

English name: Southeast European ash - oak - alder forests

Description (English)

Mixed riverine forests of Ponto-Pannonic and sub-Mediterranean regions of southeastern Europe, usually dominated by Quercus robur and/or Fraxinus angustifolia, with varying admixtures of Ulmus minor, Ulmus laevis, Carpinus betulus, Acer campestre, Alnus glutinosa, Fraxinus excelsior, Salix alba, Populus alba.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code G1.223
Bern Convention	Included in a Resolution 4 habitat type at a higher level (G1.22)
Relation to	Annex I habitat types (EU Habitats Directive)

Legal status

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	Riparian mixed forests of Quercus robur, Ulmus laevis and Ulmus minor, Fraxinus excelsior or Fraxinus angustifolia, along the great rivers (Ulmenion minoris)	91F0	Overlap	http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Flowering Plants Acer campestre

Flowering Plants Alnus glutinosa

Flowering Plants Carpinus betulus

Flowering Plants Fraxinus angustifolia

Flowering Plants Fraxinus excelsior

Flowering Plants Populus alba

Flowering Plants Quercus robur

Flowering Plants Salix alba

Flowering Plants Ulmus laevis

Flowering Plants Ulmus minor

Species scientific name	English common name	Species group
Acer campestre		Flowering Plants
Alnus glutinosa		Flowering Plants
Carpinus betulus		Flowering Plants
Fraxinus angustifolia		Flowering Plants
Fraxinus excelsior		Flowering Plants
Populus alba		Flowering Plants
Quercus robur		Flowering Plants
Salix alba		Flowering Plants
Ulmus laevis		Flowering Plants
Ulmus minor		Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112	44.43	Southeast European ash-oak-alder forests	source
CORINE Land Cover	3.1.1.	Broad-leaved forest	n/a

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

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	G1.223	Southeast European Fraxinus - Quercus - Alnus forests	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	G1.223	South-east European Fraxinus - Quercus - Alnus forests	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	G1.223	South-east European Fraxinus - Quercus - Alnus forests	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	G1.223	South-east European Fraxinus - Quercus - Alnus forests	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	G1.223	South-east European Fraxinus-Quercus-Alnus forests	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712	G1.423	South-east European ash-oak-alder forests	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	44.43	South-east European ash-oak-alder forests	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	44.43	South-east European ash-oak-alder forests	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	44.43		same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	44.43		same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991	44.43		same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989	44.43		same

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