Hercyno-Jurassian collinar woodrush beech forests

English name: Hercyno-Jurassian collinar woodrush beech forests

Description (English)

Acidophilous forests of Fagus sylvatica, or Fagus sylvatica and Quercus petraea, of the Neckar, the Spessart, the Rh”n, the Swabio-Franconian Forest, of the collinar level of the Thüringian Forest and of the Swabian and Franconian Jura, forming a subcontinental ensemble of communities poor in Atlantic species, and characterized, in particular, by the frequent prevalence of Poa chaixii.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type code G1.6112
Bern Convention Included in a Resolution 4 habitat type at a higher level (G1.6)

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Flowering Plants Fagus sylvatica
Flowering Plants Poa chaixii
Flowering Plants Quercus petraea
Species scientific name English common name Species group
Fagus sylvatica Flowering Plants
Poa chaixii Flowering Plants
Quercus petraea Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 41.1112 Hercyno-Jurassian collinar woodrush beech forests source
For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 G1.6112 Hercyno-Jurassian collinar woodrush beech forests same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 G1.6112 Hercyno-Jurassian collinar woodrush beech forests same
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