Medio-European woodruff and hairy sedge beech forests

Description (English)

Fagus sylvatica forests of sub-Atlantic Western and Central Europe, north to Denmark, southern Norway, southern Sweden and Poland, developed on a more or less deep layer of brown loess-loam, less rich in calciphile plants and richer in acid- and drought-tolerant species; Melica uniflora (in northern formations) and Galium odoratum are usually well represented.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type code T17112

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Not available

Other classifications

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) G1.6312 Medio-European woodruff and hairy sedge beech forests same
For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type Comment
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 G1.6312 Medio-European woodruff and hairy sedge beech forests same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 G1.6312 Medio-European woodruff and hairy sedge beech forests same
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