Cantabrian Quercus pyrenaica forests

Description (English)

Quercus pyrenaica formations of medio-European character, of the collinar and montane levels of the Cantabrian chain and its satellite ranges west to the Sierra de Picos de Ancares in Galicia, characteristic of areas with comparatively low precipitation, in the rain shadow of the coastward ranges or the interior oro-Cantabrian hills.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type code T19A2

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Not available

Other classifications

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) G1.7B2 Cantabrian Quercus pyrenaica forests same
For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type Comment
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 G1.7B2 Cantabrian Quercus pyrenaica forests same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 G1.7B2 Cantabrian Quercus pyrenaica forests same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 G1.7B2 Cantabrian Quercus pyrenaica forests same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 G1.7B2 Cantabrian Quercus pyrenaica forests same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 G1.8B2 Cantabrian Quercus pyrenaica forests same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 G1.912 Cantabrian Quercus pyrenaica forests same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 41.62 Cantabrian Quercus pyrenaica forests same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 41.62 Cantabrian Quercus pyrenaica forests same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 41.62   same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 41.62   same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991 41.62   same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989 41.62   same
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