EUNIS habitat classification 2012 amended 2019 > G - Woodland, forest and other wooded land > G3 - Coniferous woodland > G3.9 - Coniferous woodland dominated by Cupressaceae or Taxaceae

Coniferous woodland dominated by Cupressaceae or Taxaceae

English name: Coniferous woodland dominated by Cupressaceae or Taxaceae

Description (English)

Woods dominated by Cupressus sempervirens, Juniperus spp. or Taxus baccata of the nemoral and Mediterranean mountains and hills.

Source:
EUNIS habitat classification
Interpretation Manual of the habitats targeted by Resolution No. 4

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code G3.9
Bern Convention	Resolution 4 habitat type (used for designation of Emerald sites)
Relation to	Annex I habitat types (EU Habitats Directive)

Legal status

Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements

Legal text	Annex	More information
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats (Bern Convention)	Revised Annex I of Resolution 4 (1996) of the Bern Convention on endangered natural habitats types using the EUNIS habitat classification (year of revision 2014)	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]

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
Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora - consolidated version 01/01/2007	Annex I: natural habitat types of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation	Taxus baccata woods of the British Isles	91J0	Wider	http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm
Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora - consolidated version 01/01/2007	Annex I: natural habitat types of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation	Cupressus forests (Acero-Cupression)	9290	Wider
Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora - consolidated version 01/01/2007	Annex I: natural habitat types of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation	Endemic forests with Juniperus spp	9560	Wider
Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora - consolidated version 01/01/2007	Annex I: natural habitat types of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation	Tetraclinis articulata forests	9570	Wider
Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora - consolidated version 01/01/2007	Annex I: natural habitat types of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation	Mediterranean Taxus baccata woods	9580	Wider
Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora - consolidated version 01/01/2007	Annex I: natural habitat types of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation	Cedrus brevifolia forests (Cedrosetum brevifoliae)	9590	Wider

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Name	Definition	Alternatives	Reftext
Carpinion betuli Issler 1931	Oak-hornbeam forests of Western and Central Europe, northern Balkans and western part of Eastern Europe	Aceri campestris-Carpinion betuli Gillet 1986; Bromo-Carpinion betuli Passarge 1968; Carpinion betuli (Tx. 1936) Oberd. 1953; Carpinion dacicum Soó 1964; Carpinion-(Fagion) Mayer 1937 (orig. form); Dactylido-Carpinion betuli Passarge 1968; Eu-Carpinion Scamoni et Passarge 1959; Fraxino-Carpinion Tx. 1937; Galio-Carpinion (Oberd. 1957) Kissling 1983; Lathyro hallersteinii-Carpinion Boscaiu 1974; Luzulion luzuloidis Julve 1993; Melampyro-Carpinion betuli Passarge 1968; Mercuriali-Carpinion S. Müller ex Julve 1988; Polytricho-Carpinion betuli Passarge 1968; Pulmonario-Carpinion (Oberd. 1957) Kissling 1983; Querco-Carpinion betuli Rameau 1996; Querco-Fagion Rameau 1997; Stachyo-Carpinion betuli Passarge 1968; Stellario-Carpinion betuli Passarge 1968; Polytricho-Carpinion betuli Passarge in Passarge et G. Hofmann 1968; Bromo-Carpinion betuli Passarge in Passarge et G. Hofmann 1968; Stellario-Carpinion betuli Passarge in Passarge et G. Hofmann 1968; Stachyo-Carpinion betuli Passarge in Passarge et G. Hofmann 1968; Aceri campestris-Carpinion betuli Gillet ex Julve 1993; Lonicero periclymeni-Carpinion (S. Müller 1978) Julve 1988; Melampyro-Carpinion betuli Passarge in Passarge et G. Hofmann 1968; Tilio cordatae-Carpinion (Oberd. 1957) Kissling 1983; Dactylido-Carpinion betuli Passarge in Passarge et G. Hofmann 1968	Schaminee et al, 2012
Periplocion angustifoliae Rivas-Mart. 1975	Thermomediterranean semi-arid deciduous relictual low matorral in coastal regions southeastern Spain, eastern North Africa and Sicily	Periploco angustifoliae-Tetraclinidion articulatae Rivas-Mart. In Rivas-Mart. et al. 2011; Coccifero-Tetraclinidion Rivas Goday ex Esteve 1973 (orig. form); Coccifero-Tetraclinidion Rivas Goday 1964 (orig. form); Querco cocciferae-Tetraclinidion articulatae Rivas Goday ex Fernandez Casas et M.E. Sánchez 1972	Schaminee et al, 2012
Seslerio-Fagion sylvaticae Passarge 1968	Refugial thermophilous beech forests on calcareous bedrocks of Central Europe	Mercuriali-Fagion sylvaticae G. Hofmann in Passarge et G. Hofmann 1968; Seslerio albicantis-Mercurialion perennis Gillet 1986; Cephalanthero-Fagion sylvaticae Tx. 1955; Eu-Mercuriali-Fagion sylvaticae Passarge 1968; Cephalanthero-Fagion sylvaticae (Tx. in Tx. et Oberd. 1958) Presing in Preising et al. 2003; Sorbo torminalis-Fagion sylvaticae Passarge 1968; Mercuriali-Fagion sylvaticae G. Hofmann in Passarge 1968; Cephalanthero-Fagion sylvaticae (Tx. in Tx. et Oberd. 1958) Rameau in Royer et al. 2006; Seslerio-Fagion sylvaticae Passarge in Passarge et G. Hofmann 1968; Eu-Mercuriali-Fagion sylvaticae Passarge in Passarge et G. Hofmann 1968; Buxo-Fago-Abietion Barbero et Quézel 1975 (orig. form); Sorbo torminalis-Fagion sylvaticae Passarge in Passarge et G. Hofmann 1968	Schaminee et al, 2012
Lathyro veneti-Taxion baccatae Carni et Mucina 2013	Relict mixed acidophilous scree forests of Corsica	Lathyrion veneti Gamisans 1975; Lathyrion veneti Gamisans 1977; Lathyro veneti-Carpinion betuli (Ubaldi et. al.) Arrigoni et Foggi 1992	Schaminee et al, 2012
Acero sempervirentis-Cupression sempervirentis Barbero et Quézel ex Quézel et al. 1992	Supramediterranean cypress and pine woodlands of Crete	Acero sempervirentis-Cupression sempervirentis Barbéro et Quézel 1980	Schaminee et al, 2012
Juniperion cedri Martín Osorio, Wildpret et Rivas-Mart. in Martín Osorio et al. 2007	Canarian pine-juniper scrub	Junioperion cedri S. Brullo et De Marco in C. Brullo et al. 2008	Schaminee et al, 2012
Juniperion excelso-foetidissimae Em ex Matevski et al. 2010	Supratemperate submediterranean tall juniper woodlands on shallow soils over limestone, schist and ultramafic substrates of south-central Balkans and Hellenic mainland	Juniperion excelso-foetidissimae Em in Jovanovic et al. 1989	Schaminee et al, 2012
Mayteno canariensis-Juniperion canariensis Santos et F. Galván ex Santos 1983 corr. Rivas-Mart. et al. 1993	Canarian semi-arid matorral on mature oils	Mayteno canariensis-Juniperion phoeniceae Santos et F. Galván ex Santos 1983; Mayteno canariensis-Juniperion canariensis Santos et F. Galván 1980; Rhamnion crenulatae Wildpret et Barquín in Santos 1976	Schaminee et al, 2012
Culcito macrocarpae-Juniperion brevifoliae Lüpnitz 1975	Azorean infra- to supratemperate humid laurisilva forests and ericaceous mantle and seral heath	Juniperion brevifoliae Sjögren 1973	Schaminee et al, 2012
Berberido creticae-Juniperion foetidissimae S. Brullo et al. 2001	Silicicolous montane pine and juniper woodlenads and related scrub of continental Hellas, Cyprus, Anatolia and Lebanon	Junipero-Dafnion Dafis 1973; Cephalorrhyncho cyprici-Pinion pallasianae Barbéro et Quézel 1979; Cephalorrhyncho cyprici-Pinion pallasianae Barbéro et Quézel ex Quézel et al. 1992	Schaminee et al, 2012
Jasmino-Juniperion excelsae Didukh et al. ex Didukh 1996	Crimean submediterranenan open juniper woodlands	Jasmino-Juniperion excelsae Didukh et al. 1986; Junipero-Quercion Jakucs 1959	Schaminee et al, 2012
Juniperion thuriferae Rivas-Mart. 1969	Calcicolous Iberian meso-supramediterranean and supratemperate submediterranean juniper wodlands		Schaminee et al, 2012

Species mentioned in habitat description

Conifers Cupressus sempervirens

Conifers Taxus baccata

Species scientific name	English common name	Species group
Cupressus sempervirens		Conifers
Taxus baccata		Conifers

Other classifications

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112	42.A	Western Palaearctic cypress, juniper and yew forests	same
CORINE Land Cover	3.1.2.	Coniferous forest	n/a
BEAR Forest Types for Biodiversity Assessment	16	Mediterranean and Macaronesian coniferous forests, woodlands	overlap
Phase 1 habitat classification (UK) 1993	A121	Woodland: coniferous, semi-natural	overlap

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

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	G3.9	Coniferous woodland dominated by Cupressaceae or Taxaceae	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	G3.9	Coniferous woodland dominated by Cupressaceae or Taxaceae	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	G3.9	Coniferous woodland dominated by Cupressaceae or Taxaceae	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	G3.9	Coniferous woodland dominated by Cupressaceae or Taxaceae	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	G3.9	Coniferous woodland dominated by Cupressaceae or Taxaceae	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712	G3.9	Coniferous woodland, dominated by Cupressaceae or Taxaceae	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	42.A	Western Palaearctic cypress, juniper and yew forests	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	42.A	Western Palaearctic cypress, juniper and yew forests	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	42.A		same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	42.A		same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991	42.A		same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989	42.A		same

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