Black broom-oak forests
Description (English)
Xero-mesophile, thermophile, acidophile Quercus petraea forests, occupying generally small surfaces on warm, south-facing, steep, siliceous, gneiss, shist or granite slopes of the Danube trough of Upper Austria, the Lower Austrian Waldviertel, the Bohemian basin, the western foothills of the Apuseni mountains, the Olt valley in the Getic piedmont of the Southern Carpathians, the southeastern foothills of the Carpathian Curve, with Lembotropis nigricans (Cytisus nigricans) in the shrub layer and acidophilous species in the subshrub and herb layers, including Genista tinctoria, Digitalis grandiflora, Hieracium umbellatum, Hieracium sabaudum, Luzula luzuloides, Veronica officinalis, Deschampsia flexuosa (Avenella flexuosa), Convallaria majalis.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
| EUNIS habitat type | code T1B731 |
|---|
Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
Not availableSpecies mentioned in habitat description
Flowering Plants
Cytisus nigricans
Flowering Plants
Quercus petraea
| Species scientific name | English common name | Species group |
|---|---|---|
| Cytisus nigricans | Flowering Plants | |
| Quercus petraea | Flowering Plants |
Other classifications
| Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
|---|---|---|---|
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) | G1.8731 | Black broom-oak forests | same |
History
| Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | G1.8731 | Black broom-oak forests | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | G1.8731 | Black broom-oak forests | same |
