EUNIS habitat classification 2012 amended 2019 > G - Woodland, forest and other wooded land > G1 - Broadleaved deciduous woodland > G1.A - Meso- and eutrophic Quercus, Carpinus, Fraxinus, Acer, Tilia, Ulmus and related woodland

Meso- and eutrophic Quercus, Carpinus, Fraxinus, Acer, Tilia, Ulmus and related woodland

English name: Meso- and eutrophic oak, hornbeam, ash, sycamore, lime, elm and related woodland

Description (English)

Woods, typically with mixed canopy composition, on rich and moderately rich soils. Includes woods dominated by Acer, Carpinus, Fraxinus, Quercus (especially Quercus petraea and Quercus robur), Tilia and Ulmus. Excludes acid Quercus woodland (G1.8) and woodland with a large representation of southern species such as Fraxinus ornus or Quercus pubescens (G1.7).

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code G1.A
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	Fennoscandian hemiboreal natural old broad-leaved deciduous forests (Quercus, Tilia, Acer, Fraxinus or Ulmus) rich in epiphytes	9020	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	Sub-Atlantic and medio-European oak or oak-hornbeam forests of the Carpinion betuli	9160	Wider
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	Galio-Carpinetum oak-hornbeam forests	9170	Wider
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	Tilio-Acerion forests of slopes, screes and ravines	9180	Wider
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	Pannonic woods with Quercus petraea and Carpinus betulus	91G0	Wider
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	Illyrian oak-hornbeam forests (Erythronio-carpinion)	91L0	Wider
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	Dacian oak & hornbeam forests	91Y0	Wider

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Flowering Plants Fraxinus ornus

Flowering Plants Quercus petraea

Flowering Plants Quercus pubescens

Flowering Plants Quercus robur

Species scientific name	English common name	Species group
Fraxinus ornus		Flowering Plants
Quercus petraea		Flowering Plants
Quercus pubescens		Flowering Plants
Quercus robur		Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
CORINE Land Cover	3.1.1.	Broad-leaved forest	n/a
BEAR Forest Types for Biodiversity Assessment	09	Mixed oak forest	overlap
BEAR Forest Types for Biodiversity Assessment	10	Ashwood	overlap
Phase 1 habitat classification (UK) 1993	A111	Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural	overlap
Biodiversity Action Plan Priority Habitats (UK)	3	Upland mixed ashwoods	narrower
Biodiversity Action Plan Priority Habitats (UK)	1	Upland oakwood	overlap
Milieux Naturels de Suisse 1998	6.3.1	Erablaie de ravin méso-hygrophile	narrower
Milieux Naturels de Suisse 1998	6.3.3	Chênaie à charmes	narrower
Milieux Naturels de Suisse 1998	6.3.2	Tiliaie thermophile sur éboulis ou lapiez	narrower

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

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	G1.A	Meso- and eutrophic Quercus, Carpinus, Fraxinus, Acer, Tilia, Ulmus and related woodland	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	G1.A	Meso- and eutrophic Quercus, Carpinus, Fraxinus, Acer, Tilia, Ulmus and related woodland	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	G1.A	Meso- and eutrophic Quercus, Carpinus, Fraxinus, Acer, Tilia, Ulmus and related woodland	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	G1.A	Meso- and eutrophic Quercus, Carpinus, Fraxinus, Acer, Tilia, Ulmus and related woodland	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	G1.A	Woodland with Castanea sativa, Carpinus betulus, Tilia or Sorbus aucuparia	same

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