Medio-European limestone Fagus forests
Description (English)
Xero-thermophile Fagus sylvatica forests developed on calcareous, often superficial, soils, usually of steep slopes, of the medio-European and Atlantic domaines of Western Europe and of central and northern Central Europe (also present in Greece), with a generally abundant herb and shrub undergrowth, characterised by sedges (Carex spp.), grasses (Sesleria albicans, Brachypodium pinnatum), orchids (Cephalanthera spp., Neottia nidus-avis, Epipactis spp.) of alliance Cephalanthero-Fagenion and thermophile species, transgressive of the Quercetalia pubescenti-petraeae. The bush-layer includes several calcicolous species (Ligustrum vulgare, Berberis vulgaris) and Buxus sempervirens can dominate.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
EUNIS habitat type | code T174 |
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Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
Not availableSpecies mentioned in habitat description
Species scientific name | English common name | Species group |
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Brachypodium pinnatum | Flowering Plants | |
Buxus sempervirens | Flowering Plants | |
Fagus sylvatica | Flowering Plants | |
Sesleria albicans | Flowering Plants |
Other classifications
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) | G1.66 | Medio-European limestone Fagus forests | same |
History
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type | Comment |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | G1.66 | Medio-European limestone Fagus forests | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | G1.66 | Medio-European limestone Fagus forests | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | G1.66 | Medio-European limestone Fagus forests | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | G1.66 | Medio-European limestone Fagus forests | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | G1.66 | Medio-European limestone Fagus forests | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 | G1.76 | Medio-European limestone beech forests | same | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 | 41.16 | Medio-European limestone beech forests | same | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 | 41.16 | Medio-European limestone beech forests | same | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 | 41.16 | same | ||
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 | 41.16 | same | ||
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991 | 41.16 | same | ||
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989 | 41.16 | same |