Eastern Adriatic Castanea sativa forests

English name: Eastern Adriatic chestnut forests

Description (English)

Sub-Mediterranean Castanea sativa-dominated acidophilous forests of the Ostryo-Carpinion orientalis adriaticum zone of the Balkan peninsula, distributed, in particular, in the Slovenian coastal mountains, in Istria, on the islands of Krk and Cres, in Bosnia-Herzegovina, in Montenegro, within an area of undoubted indigenousness of the species.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type code G1.7D3
Bern Convention Included in a Resolution 4 habitat type at a higher level (G1.7)

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Flowering Plants Castanea sativa
Species scientific name English common name Species group
Castanea sativa Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 41.93 Eastern Adriatic chestnut forests source
CORINE Land Cover 3.1.1. Broad-leaved forest n/a
For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 G1.7D3 Eastern Adriatic Castanea sativa forests same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 G1.7D3 Eastern Adriatic Castanea sativa forests same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 G1.7D3 Eastern Adriatic Castanea sativa forests same
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