Medio-European dry acidophilous birch forests
Description (English)
Formations usually formed by Betula pendula, or, in the British Isles, Betula pubescens, with Deschampsia flexuosa, Agrostis capillaris (Agrostis tenuis), Festuca ovina, Vaccinium myrtillus, developed notably on sands, gravels, moraines and decalcified alluvions of nemoral northern and middle European plains and hills, as substitution facies of acidophilous oak woods (Fago-Quercetum, Blechno-Quercetum petraeae, Rusco-Quercetum, Luzulo-Quercetum), occasionally of oak-hornbeam woods (particularly mixed Atlantic bluebell oak forests, Endymio-Carpinetum), or colonization stages of dry heaths and decalcified dunes.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
| EUNIS habitat type | code T1C112 |
|---|
Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
Not availableSpecies mentioned in habitat description
Flowering Plants
Betula pendula
Flowering Plants
Betula pubescens
| Species scientific name | English common name | Species group |
|---|---|---|
| Betula pendula | Flowering Plants | |
| Betula pubescens | Flowering Plants |
Other classifications
| Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
|---|---|---|---|
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) | G1.9112 | Medio-European dry acidophilous birch woods | same |
History
| Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | G1.9112 | Medio-European dry acidophilous birch woods | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | G1.9112 | Medio-European dry acidophilous birch woods | same |
