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 > T122 - Boreal and boreonemoral Alnus forests

Boreal and boreonemoral Alnus forests

Description (English)

Non-riparian, non-marshy formations of the boreal zone of the Palaearctic region dominated by Alnus glutinosa or Alnus incana.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code T122
Relation to	Resolution 4 habitat type (used for designation of Emerald sites)

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
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats	Revised Annex I of Resolution 4 (1996) of the Bern Convention on endangered natural habitats types using the EUNIS habitat classification (year of revision 2010)	Boreal and boreonemoral Alnus woods	G1.B3	Same	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

Flowering Plants Alnus glutinosa

Flowering Plants Alnus incana

Species scientific name	English common name	Species group
Alnus glutinosa		Flowering Plants
Alnus incana		Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	G1.B3	Boreal and boreonemoral Alnus woods	same

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

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	G1.B3	Boreal and boreonemoral Alnus woods	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	G1.B3	Boreal and boreonemoral Alnus woods	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	G1.B3	Boreal and boreonemoral Alnus woods	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	G1.B3	Boreal Alnus woods	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	G1.923	Boreal Alnus woods	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712	G1.D13	Boreal alder woods	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	41.C3	Boreal alder woods	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	41.C3	Boreal alder woods	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	41.C3		same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	41.C3		same

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