Western Quercus pubescens forests and related communities
Description (English)
Quercus pubescens forests and woods of the supra-Mediterranean zone of France, west of the Alpine arc, and of northeastern Spain, with irradiations to southern Germany and Belgium. Low medio-European forests of Quercus petraea or Quercus robur occupying warm exposures beyond the range of Quercus pubescens and linked to the Quercion pubescenti-petraeae by the presence of Buxus sempervirens or other thermophile calcicolous plants, including Limodorum abortivum, Melittis melissophyllum. In the Carpathians they are represented by the alliance Genisto germanicae-Quercion with species Avenella flexuosa, Calluna vulgaris, Festuca ovina, Genista spp., Luzula luzuloides.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
| EUNIS habitat type | code T191 |
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Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
Not availableSpecies mentioned in habitat description
Other classifications
| Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
|---|---|---|---|
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) | G1.71 | Western Quercus pubescens woods and related communities | same |
History
| Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | G1.71 | Western Quercus pubescens woods and related communities | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | G1.71 | Western Quercus pubescens woods and related communities | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | G1.71 | Western Quercus pubescens woods and related communities | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | G1.71 | Western Quercus pubescens woods and related communities | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | G1.71 | Western Quercus pubescens woods and related communities | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 | G1.921 | Western white oak woods and related communities | same | |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 | 41.71 | Western white oak woods and related communities | same | |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 | 41.71 | Western white oak woods and related communities | same | |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 | 41.71 | same | ||
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 | 41.71 | same | ||
| CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991 | 41.71 | same | ||
| CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989 | 41.71 | same |
