EUNIS habitat classification 2017 > T - Forest and other wooded land > T1 - Deciduous broadleaved forest > T12 - Alnus glutinosa-Alnus incana forest on riparian and mineral soils > T121 - Riverine Fraxinus - Alnus forest, wet at high but not at low water > T1212 - Fraxinus - Alnus forests of fast-flowing rivers > T12122 - Submontane Hercynian stream ash-alder forests

Submontane Hercynian stream ash-alder forests

Description (English)

Herb-rich Alnus glutinosa- or Fraxinus excelsior and Alnus glutinosa- dominated galleries of more montane affinities than those of the Stellario-Alnetum, paralleling the Alnetum incanae in mountainous country away from the Alps and the main Carpathian ranges, in particular in and around the great Hercynian ranges of the Bohemian Quadrangle, north to the Silesian lowlands. Alnus incana is sometimes present; common in, or characteristic of the undergrowth are Stellaria nemorum, Chaerophyllum hirsutum, Crepis paludosa, Aegopodium podagraria, Rubus idaeus, and, in some of the local variants, Astrantia major, Aruncus sylvestris.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code T12122

Legal status

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Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Flowering Plants Aegopodium podagraria

Flowering Plants Alnus glutinosa

Flowering Plants Alnus incana

Flowering Plants Aruncus sylvestris

Flowering Plants Astrantia major

Flowering Plants Chaerophyllum hirsutum

Flowering Plants Crepis paludosa

Flowering Plants Fraxinus excelsior

Flowering Plants Rubus idaeus

Species scientific name	English common name	Species group
Aegopodium podagraria		Flowering Plants
Alnus glutinosa		Flowering Plants
Alnus incana		Flowering Plants
Aruncus sylvestris		Flowering Plants
Astrantia major		Flowering Plants
Chaerophyllum hirsutum		Flowering Plants
Crepis paludosa		Flowering Plants
Fraxinus excelsior		Flowering Plants
Rubus idaeus		Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	G1.2122	Submontane Hercynian stream ash-alder woods	same

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

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type	Comment
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	G1.2122	Submontane Hercynian stream ash-alder woods	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	G1.2122	Submontane Hercynian stream ash-alder woods	same

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