Medio-European dry slope sedge beech forests
Description (English)
Beech woods occupying dry limestone slopes and areas of low precipitation of sub-Atlantic Western Europe, south and west to the Charentes and Normandy, of the Jura, the northwestern, northern, eastern and southern pre-Alps, of the Hercynian arc and neighbouring regions and of the western Carpathian hills, with an often rich shrub layer constituted by Sorbus aria, Ligustrum vulgare, Viburnum lantana, Rosa arvensis, Lonicera xylosteum, Daphne mezereum, Berberis vulgaris, Acer campestre, Buxus sempervirens, and an herb layer rich in sedges, Carex digitata, Carex flacca, Carex montana, Carex alba, grasses, Brachypodium sylvaticum, Bromus benekenii, orchids, Neottia nidus-avis, Cephalanthera rubra, Cephalanthera damasonium, Epipactis spp. The unit is composed of many highly distinctive and conservation-significant local variants.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
EUNIS habitat type | code G1.6611 |
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Bern Convention | Included in a Resolution 4 habitat type at a higher level (G1.6) |
Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
Not availableSpecies mentioned in habitat description
Species scientific name | English common name | Species group |
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Acer campestre | Flowering Plants | |
Berberis vulgaris | Flowering Plants | |
Brachypodium sylvaticum | Flowering Plants | |
Bromus benekenii | Flowering Plants | |
Buxus sempervirens | Flowering Plants | |
Carex alba | Flowering Plants | |
Carex digitata | Flowering Plants | |
Carex flacca | Flowering Plants | |
Carex montana | Flowering Plants | |
Cephalanthera damasonium | Flowering Plants | |
Cephalanthera rubra | Flowering Plants | |
Daphne mezereum | Flowering Plants | |
Ligustrum vulgare | Flowering Plants | |
Lonicera xylosteum | Flowering Plants | |
Neottia nidus-avis | Flowering Plants | |
Rosa arvensis | Flowering Plants | |
Sorbus aria | Flowering Plants | |
Viburnum lantana | Flowering Plants |
Other classifications
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 | 41.1611 | Medio-European dry slope sedge beech forests | source |
History
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | G1.6611 | Medio-European dry slope sedge beech forests | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | G1.6611 | Medio-European dry slope sedge beech forests | same |