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 |
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Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
Not availableSpecies mentioned in habitat description
Species scientific name | English common name | Species group |
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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 |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) | G1.76812 | Moesio-Danubian oriental hornbeam Quercus cerris forests | same |
History
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type | Comment |
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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 |