Northwestern Iberian xerophile Fagus forests

Description (English)

Fagus sylvatica forests of relatively low precipitation zones of the southern ranges of the Pais Vasco and of superficially dry calcareous soils of the Cordillera Cantabrica, with Brachypodium pinnatum ssp. rupestre, Sesleria argentea ssp. hispanica, Carex brevicollis, Carex ornithopoda, Carex sempervirens, Carex caudata, Cephalanthera damasonium, Cephalanthera longifolia, Epipactis helleborine, Epipactis microphylla, Neottia nidus-avis.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type code T1742

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) G1.662 Northwestern Iberian xerophile beech woods same
For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type Comment
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 G1.662 Northwestern Iberian xerophile beech woods same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 G1.662 Northwestern Iberian xerophile beech woods same
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