EUNIS habitat classification 2017 > T - Forest and other wooded land > T3 - Coniferous forest > T33 - Mediterranean mountain Abies forest > T334 - Abies pinsapo forests

Abies pinsapo forests

Description (English)

Fir or fir-cedar forests dominated by relict species of Abies, including forests of Abies pinsapo, Abies marocana, Abies numidica, Abies cilicica or Abies nebrodensis, distributed along the rim of the southern Mediterranean basin, well outside the range of beech.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code T334
Relation to	Resolution 4 habitat type (used for designation of Emerald sites)

Legal status

Relation to other habitat types mentioned in legal instruments

Legal text	Annex	Name in legal text	Code in legal text	Habitat type relationship	More information
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats	Revised Annex I of Resolution 4 (1996) of the Bern Convention on endangered natural habitats types using the EUNIS habitat classification (year of revision 2010)	Abies pinsapo forests	G3.19	Same	https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc....ckColorLogged=FDC864 Resolution No. 4 (1996) of the Bern Convention lists endangered natural habitats requiring specific conservation measures [and the designation of Areas of Special Conservation Interest (ASCIs) forming the Emerald network]

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Conifers Abies nebrodensis

Conifers Abies pinsapo

Species scientific name	English common name	Species group
Abies nebrodensis		Conifers
Abies pinsapo		Conifers

Other classifications

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	G3.19	Abies pinsapo forests	same

For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	G3.19	Abies pinsapo forests	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	G3.19	Abies pinsapo forests	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	G3.19	Abies pinsapo forests	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	G3.19	Abies pinsapo forests	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	G3.19	Abies pinsapo forests	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	42.19	Afro-Asian fir forests	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	42.19	Afro-Asian fir forests	same

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