Central Hercynian dyer's greenweed oak forests
Description (English)
Acidophilous Quercus petraea forests of the collinar and submontane levels of siliceous slopes of the Swabian and Franconian Jura, of the Swabo-Bavarian and Franconian plateaux, of the southern German Hercynian hills, east of the Black Forest-Spessart line and west of the Bayerischerwald, and of the hills of Upper Austria, forming a western group of communities within the dyer's greenweed forest complex, characterized, in particular, by the importance in the herb layer of sub-Atlantic indicators, among which Lathyrus linifolius, Hypericum pulchrum, various Hieracium spp., Melampyrum pratense or Teucrium scorodonia, Holcus mollis. Luzula luzuloides, Genista germanica, Genista tinctoria, Chamaespartium sagittale, Deschampsia flexuosa, Campanula rotundifolia, Campanula persicifolia are characteristic or abundant constituents of the undergrowth.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
| EUNIS habitat type | code T1B7121 |
|---|
Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
Not availableSpecies mentioned in habitat description
Flowering Plants
Hypericum pulchrum
Flowering Plants
Melampyrum pratense
Flowering Plants
Quercus petraea
| Species scientific name | English common name | Species group |
|---|---|---|
| Hypericum pulchrum | Flowering Plants | |
| Melampyrum pratense | Flowering Plants | |
| Quercus petraea | Flowering Plants |
Other classifications
| Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
|---|---|---|---|
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) | G1.87121 | Central Hercynian dyer's greenweed oak forests | same |
History
| Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | G1.87121 | Central Hercynian dyer's greenweed oak forests | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | G1.87121 | Central Hercynian dyer's greenweed oak forests | same |
