Temperate and submediterranean thermophilous deciduous forest
Description (English)
These thermophilous broadleaved deciduous forests form a wide, but interrupted, belt across the submediterranean zone of Europe, with milder winters and warmer drought-prone summers than sustain the broadleaved temperate forests, but colder, intermittently frosty and snowy winters than are typical for the evergreen broadleaved forests and scrub of the Mediterranean. To the north, they tend to occupy low-altitude, drier and warmer sites, and to the south, rainier sites at higher altitudes.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
EUNIS habitat type | code T19 |
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Relation to | Resolution 4 habitat type (used for designation of Emerald sites) |
Legal status
Relation to other habitat types mentioned in legal instruments
Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
Not availableIndicator species
Diagnostic species occur concentrated in the habitat in question, but are absent or rare in other habitats. They are good positive indicators of the habitat, but they do not need to occur in every location of the habitat.
Species scientific name | English common name | Species group |
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Quercus cerris | Flowering Plants | |
Quercus pubescens | Flowering Plants | |
Cornus mas | Flowering Plants | |
Sorbus torminalis | Flowering Plants | |
Quercus frainetto | Flowering Plants | |
Lathyrus niger | Flowering Plants | |
Acer campestre | Flowering Plants | |
Ligustrum vulgare | Flowering Plants | |
Crataegus monogyna | Flowering Plants | |
Viburnum lantana | Flowering Plants | |
Carpinus orientalis | Flowering Plants | |
Fraxinus ornus | Flowering Plants | |
Melittis melissophyllum | Flowering Plants |
Constant species occur frequently in the habitat, but they may include generalist species that are also frequent in other habitats.
Species scientific name | English common name | Species group |
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Crataegus monogyna | Flowering Plants | |
Quercus pubescens | Flowering Plants | |
Hedera helix | Flowering Plants | |
Ligustrum vulgare | Flowering Plants | |
Acer campestre | Flowering Plants | |
Prunus spinosa | Flowering Plants | |
Dactylis glomerata | Flowering Plants | |
Cornus sanguinea | Flowering Plants | |
Rubia peregrina | Flowering Plants | |
Rosa canina | Flowering Plants | |
Brachypodium sylvaticum | Flowering Plants | |
Fraxinus ornus | Flowering Plants | |
Teucrium chamaedrys | Flowering Plants | |
Sorbus torminalis | Flowering Plants | |
Viburnum lantana | Flowering Plants | |
Quercus cerris | Flowering Plants | |
Juniperus communis subsp. communis | Conifers | |
Corylus avellana | Flowering Plants | |
Brachypodium pinnatum | Flowering Plants | |
Fragaria vesca | Flowering Plants |
Dominant species are those that often reach high cover in the habitat, thus determining the habitat physiognomy.
Species scientific name | English common name | Species group |
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Quercus pubescens | Flowering Plants | |
Quercus cerris | Flowering Plants | |
Quercus petraea | Flowering Plants | |
Hedera helix | Flowering Plants | |
Ostrya carpinifolia | Flowering Plants | |
Buxus sempervirens | Flowering Plants | |
Brachypodium pinnatum | Flowering Plants | |
Quercus robur | Flowering Plants | |
Carpinus orientalis | Flowering Plants |
Other classifications
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) | G1.7 | Thermophilous deciduous woodland | narrower |
European Red List of Habitats | G1.7a | Temperate and submediterranean thermophilous deciduous woodland | same |
History
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type | Comment |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | G1.7 | Thermophilous deciduous woodland | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | G1.7 | Thermophilous deciduous woodland | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | G1.7 | Thermophilous deciduous woodland | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | G1.7 | Thermophilous deciduous woodland | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | G1.7 | Thermophilous deciduous Quercus woodland | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 | G1.92 | Thermophilous and supra-Mediterranean oak woodland | same | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 | 41.7 | Thermophilous and supra-Mediterranean oak woods | same | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 | 41.7 | Thermophilous and supra-Mediterranean oak woods | same | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 | 41.7 | same | ||
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 | 41.7 | same | ||
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991 | 41.7 | same | ||
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989 | 41.7 | same |