EUNIS habitat classification 2017 > T - Forest and other wooded land > T1 - Deciduous broadleaved forest > T1B - Acidophilous Quercus forest > T1B5 - Aquitano-Ligerian Quercus forests on leached or acid soils

Aquitano-Ligerian Quercus forests on leached or acid soils

Description (English)

Silicicolous thermocline forests of Quercus petraea, Quercus robur, Sorbus torminalis, Sorbus domestica, Pyrus communis, Malus acerba, Ilex aquifolium, Mespilus germanica with an undergrowth of Ruscus aculeatus, Festuca heterophylla, Pulmonaria longifolia, Melica uniflora and the Deschampsia flexuosa and Convallaria majalis groups of the Quercion.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type code T1B5

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Flowering Plants Convallaria majalis
Flowering Plants Deschampsia flexuosa
Flowering Plants Festuca heterophylla
Flowering Plants Ilex aquifolium
Flowering Plants Melica uniflora
Flowering Plants Mespilus germanica
Flowering Plants Pulmonaria longifolia
Flowering Plants Pyrus communis
Flowering Plants Quercus petraea
Flowering Plants Quercus robur
Flowering Plants Ruscus aculeatus
Flowering Plants Sorbus domestica
Flowering Plants Sorbus torminalis
Species scientific name English common name Species group
Convallaria majalis Flowering Plants
Deschampsia flexuosa Flowering Plants
Festuca heterophylla Flowering Plants
Ilex aquifolium Flowering Plants
Melica uniflora Flowering Plants
Mespilus germanica Flowering Plants
Pulmonaria longifolia Flowering Plants
Pyrus communis Flowering Plants
Quercus petraea Flowering Plants
Quercus robur Flowering Plants
Ruscus aculeatus Flowering Plants
Sorbus domestica Flowering Plants
Sorbus torminalis Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) G1.85 Aquitano-Ligerian Quercus forests on leached or acid soils same
For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type Comment
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 G1.85 Aquitano-Ligerian Quercus forests on leached or acid soils same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 G1.85 Aquitano-Ligerian Quercus forests on leached or acid soils same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 G1.85 Aquitano-Ligerian Quercus forests on leached or acid soils same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 G1.85 Aquitano-Ligerian Quercus forests on leached or acid soils same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 G1.85 Aquitano-Ligerian Quercus forests on leached or acid soils same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 G1.8H Aquitano-Ligerian oak forests on leached or acid soils same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 41.55 Aquitano-Ligerian oak forests on leached or acid soils same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 41.55 Aquitano-Ligerian oak forests on leached or acid soils same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 41.55   same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 41.55   same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991 41.55   same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989 41.55   same
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