Sub-Atlantic sessile oak forests

Description (English)

Acidophilous Quercus petraea forests with Fagus sylvatica of the Baltic and North Sea plains, north to southern Scandinavia and east to Poland, of Picardy, Normandy, Perche, the Paris region, western Morvan, Argonne, middle Belgium.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type code T1B21

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Flowering Plants Fagus sylvatica
Flowering Plants Quercus petraea
Species scientific name English common name Species group
Fagus sylvatica Flowering Plants
Quercus petraea Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) G1.821 Sub-Atlantic sessile oak forests same
For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type Comment
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 G1.821 Sub-Atlantic sessile oak forests same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 G1.821 Sub-Atlantic sessile oak forests same
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