Acidophilous Quercus forest
Description (English)
Oak-dominated forest (mainly Quercus robur and Quercus petraea but also other regional species) of acid soils through the Atlantic and continental regions, where European beech (Fagus sylvatica) is a potential competitor and extending northwards into the boreal zone, where Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) increasingly figures in the canopy. Associated floras are generally rather poor but show some regional distinctiveness and towards the very humid western Atlantic seaboard have extraordinary richness of ferns and cryptogams.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
EUNIS habitat type | code T1B |
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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 petraea | Flowering Plants | |
Castanea sativa | Flowering Plants | |
Polytrichastrum formosum | Mosses & Liverworts | |
Lonicera periclymenum | Flowering Plants | |
Quercus robur | 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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Quercus petraea | Flowering Plants | |
Pteridium aquilinum | Ferns | |
Avenella flexuosa | Flowering Plants | |
Quercus robur | Flowering Plants | |
Lonicera periclymenum | Flowering Plants | |
Rubus fruticosus | Flowering Plants | |
Polytrichastrum formosum | Mosses & Liverworts | |
Fagus sylvatica | Flowering Plants | |
Castanea sativa | Flowering Plants | |
Ilex aquifolium | Flowering Plants | |
Frangula alnus | Flowering Plants | |
Betula pendula | Flowering Plants | |
Sorbus aucuparia | Flowering Plants | |
Vaccinium myrtillus | Flowering Plants | |
Hedera helix | Flowering Plants | |
Dicranum scoparium | Mosses & Liverworts | |
Corylus avellana | Flowering Plants | |
Teucrium scorodonia | Flowering Plants | |
Carex pilulifera | Flowering Plants | |
Molinia caerulea | 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 petraea | Flowering Plants | |
Quercus robur | Flowering Plants | |
Pteridium aquilinum | Ferns | |
Castanea sativa | Flowering Plants | |
Avenella flexuosa | Flowering Plants | |
Vaccinium myrtillus | Flowering Plants | |
Rubus fruticosus | Flowering Plants | |
Lonicera periclymenum | Flowering Plants | |
Molinia caerulea | Flowering Plants |
Other classifications
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) | G1.8 | Acidophilous Quercus-dominated woodland | same |
European Red List of Habitats | G1.8 | Acidophilous Quercus woodland | same |
History
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type | Comment |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | G1.8 | Acidophilous Quercus-dominated woodland | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | G1.8 | Acidophilous Quercus-dominated woodland | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | G1.8 | Acidophilous Quercus-dominated woodland | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | G1.8 | Acidophilous Quercus-dominated woodland | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | G1.8 | Acidophilous Quercus-Betula woodland | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 | G1.8 | Neutral and acid woodland often with oak | same |