Moesio-Danubian oriental hornbeam Quercus cerris forests

Description (English)

Meso-xerophile, neutrophile forests of Quercus cerris, Fraxinus ornus and Carpinus orientalis of the subcontinental central and eastern Balkan peninsula, mostly of the xerothermal oak belt of Serbia and northern and central Bulgaria, in particular of the lower Danube basin and its fringing plateaux, extending north into Romania to low mountains of the Danube Iron Gates region and of the southwestern Dobrogea, with Cornus mas, Cotinus coggygria and sub-Mediterranean species, including Mercurialis ovata, Buglossoides purpurocaerulea (Lithospermum purpurocaeruleum), Piptatherum virescens, Vincetoxicum hirundinaria (Cynanchum vincetoxicum).

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type code T196812

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Flowering Plants Carpinus orientalis
Flowering Plants Cornus mas
Flowering Plants Cotinus coggygria
Flowering Plants Fraxinus ornus
Flowering Plants Quercus cerris
Species scientific name English common name Species group
Carpinus orientalis Flowering Plants
Cornus mas Flowering Plants
Cotinus coggygria Flowering Plants
Fraxinus ornus Flowering Plants
Quercus cerris Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) G1.76812 Moesio-Danubian oriental hornbeam Quercus cerris forests same
For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type Comment
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 G1.76812 Moesio-Danubian oriental hornbeam Quercus cerris forests same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 G1.76812 Moesio-Danubian oriental hornbeam Quercus cerris forests same
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