EUNIS habitat classification 2012 amended 2019 > G - Woodland, forest and other wooded land > G1 - Broadleaved deciduous woodland > G1.2 - Mixed riparian floodplain and gallery woodland > G1.22 - Mixed Quercus - Ulmus - Fraxinus woodland of great rivers

Mixed Quercus - Ulmus - Fraxinus woodland of great rivers

English name: Mixed oak - elm - ash woodland of great rivers

Description (English)

Diverse riparian forests of the middle courses of great rivers, inundated only by large floods. Hardwood trees with dominant Fraxinus, Ulmus or Quercus spp. with a very typical spring herb aspect.

Source:
EUNIS habitat classification
Interpretation Manual of the habitats targeted by Resolution No. 4

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code G1.22
Bern Convention	Resolution 4 habitat type (used for designation of Emerald sites)
Relation to	Annex I habitat types (EU Habitats Directive)

Legal status

Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements

Legal text	Annex	More information
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats (Bern Convention)	Revised Annex I of Resolution 4 (1996) of the Bern Convention on endangered natural habitats types using the EUNIS habitat classification (year of revision 2014)	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]

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
Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora - consolidated version 01/01/2007	Annex I: natural habitat types of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation	Riparian mixed forests of Quercus robur, Ulmus laevis and Ulmus minor, Fraxinus excelsior or Fraxinus angustifolia, along the great rivers (Ulmenion minoris)	91F0	Wider	http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Not available

Other classifications

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112	44.4	Mixed oak-elm-ash forests of great rivers	source
CORINE Land Cover	3.1.1.	Broad-leaved forest	n/a
BEAR Forest Types for Biodiversity Assessment	23	Flood plain (alluvial and riverine) forests	wider
Biotopes of the Czech Republic 2001	L2.3	TVRDÉ LUHY NÍŽINNÝCH ŘEK (Hardwood forests of lowland rivers)	same
Biotopes of Slovakia 1996	2111200	Dubovo-brestovo-jasenové lužné lesy	n/a

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

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	G1.22	Mixed Quercus - Ulmus - Fraxinus woodland of great rivers	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	G1.22	Mixed Quercus - Ulmus - Fraxinus woodland of great rivers	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	G1.22	Mixed Quercus - Ulmus - Fraxinus woodland of great rivers	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	G1.22	Mixed Quercus - Ulmus - Fraxinus woodland of great rivers	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	G1.22	Mixed Quercus-Ulmus-Fraxinus woodland of great rivers	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712	G1.42	Mixed oak-elm-ash woodland of great rivers	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	44.4	Mixed oak-elm-ash forests of great rivers	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	44.4	Mixed oak-elm-ash forests of great rivers	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	44.4		same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	44.4		same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991	44.4		same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989	44.4		same

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