Non-riverine Fraxinus forest

Description (English)

Nonalluvial Atlantic, sub-Atlantic and nemoral forests dominated by Fraxinus excelsior, particularly characteristic of Britain, of the northwestern Iberian peninsula and of the Baltic moraine hills of Mecklenburg, but distributed also in other parts of central and southeast Europe. Pioneer secondary formations on abandoned cultivated land are included.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type code T1E2

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Flowering Plants Fraxinus excelsior
Species scientific name English common name Species group
Fraxinus excelsior Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) G1.A2 Non-riverine Fraxinus woodland same
For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type Comment
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 G1.A2 Non-riverine Fraxinus woodland same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 G1.A2 Non-riverine Fraxinus woodland same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 G1.A2 Non-riverine Fraxinus woodland same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 G1.A2 Non-riverine Fraxinus woodland same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 G1.B2 Non-riverine Fraxinus woodland same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 G1.A Non-riverine ash woodland same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 41.3 Ash forests same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 41.3 Ash forests same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 41.3   same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 41.3   same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991 41.3   same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989 41.3   same
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