Illyrian neutrocline sessile oak-hornbeam forests

Description (English)

Forests of Quercus petraea, sometimes mixed with Quercus robur or Quercus cerris, and Carpinus betulus, occupying brown soils in the basins of the Drava and Sava, north and west to Friuli Venezia Giulia and the northern Apennines, southern Styria and southern Hungary, extending south in valleys and hills of the western Balkan peninsula to Albania and the North Macedonia.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type code T1E1A12

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Flowering Plants Carpinus betulus
Flowering Plants Quercus cerris
Flowering Plants Quercus petraea
Flowering Plants Quercus robur
Species scientific name English common name Species group
Carpinus betulus Flowering Plants
Quercus cerris Flowering Plants
Quercus petraea Flowering Plants
Quercus robur Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) G1.A1A12 Illyrian neutrocline sessile oak-hornbeam 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.A1A12 Illyrian neutrocline sessile oak-hornbeam forests same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 G1.A1A12 Illyrian neutrocline sessile oak-hornbeam forests same
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