Alnus cordata forest
Description (English)
Temperate non-riparian, non-marshy forest dominated by Italian alder (Alnus cordata).
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
EUNIS habitat type | code T1G |
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Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
Not availableIndicator species
Diagnostic species occur concentrated in the habitat in question, but are absent or rare in other habitats. They are good positive indicators of the habitat, but they do not need to occur in every location of the habitat.
Species scientific name | English common name | Species group |
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Alnus cordata | Flowering Plants | |
Anemone apennina | Flowering Plants | |
Ranunculus lanuginosus | Flowering Plants | |
Lamium flexuosum | Flowering Plants | |
Arisarum proboscideum | Flowering Plants | |
Geranium versicolor | Flowering Plants | |
Lathyrus venetus | Flowering Plants | |
Potentilla micrantha | Flowering Plants | |
Helleborus lividus | Flowering Plants | |
Hypericum hircinum | Flowering Plants | |
Stachys sylvatica | Flowering Plants | |
Clematis vitalba | Flowering Plants | |
Festuca heterophylla | Flowering Plants | |
Colchicum neapolitanum | Flowering Plants | |
Geranium robertianum | Flowering Plants | |
Chaerophyllum temulum | Flowering Plants | |
Pteridium aquilinum | Ferns | |
Allium pendulinum | Flowering Plants |
Constant species occur frequently in the habitat, but they may include generalist species that are also frequent in other habitats.
Species scientific name | English common name | Species group |
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Alnus cordata | Flowering Plants | |
Pteridium aquilinum | Ferns | |
Geranium robertianum | Flowering Plants | |
Rubus ulmifolius | Flowering Plants | |
Brachypodium sylvaticum | Flowering Plants | |
Hedera helix | Flowering Plants | |
Clematis vitalba | Flowering Plants | |
Crataegus monogyna | Flowering Plants | |
Viola reichenbachiana | Flowering Plants | |
Ranunculus lanuginosus | Flowering Plants | |
Stachys sylvatica | Flowering Plants | |
Lactuca muralis | Flowering Plants | |
Rubus fruticosus | Flowering Plants | |
Fragaria vesca | Flowering Plants | |
Festuca heterophylla | Flowering Plants | |
Stellaria media | Flowering Plants | |
Potentilla micrantha | Flowering Plants | |
Geum urbanum | Flowering Plants |
Dominant species are those that often reach high cover in the habitat, thus determining the habitat physiognomy.
Species scientific name | English common name | Species group |
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Alnus cordata | Flowering Plants | |
Pteridium aquilinum | Ferns | |
Rubus ulmifolius | Flowering Plants | |
Hedera helix | Flowering Plants | |
Brachypodium sylvaticum | Flowering Plants | |
Clematis vitalba | Flowering Plants | |
Rubus fruticosus | Flowering Plants | |
Ranunculus lanuginosus | Flowering Plants |
Other classifications
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) | G1.B1 | Alnus cordata woods | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) | G1.B | Non-riverine Alnus woodland | narrower |
European Red List of Habitats | G1.Ba | Alnus cordata woodland | same |