Arum ash-oak forests

English name: Arum ash-oak forests

Description (English)

Typical neutrocline and acidocline Quercus robur-Fraxinus excelsior forests with primrose, developed on silts, marls and clays, characterized by the presence of the ecological group of Arum maculatum, including Ranunculus ficaria, Ranunculus auricomus, Adoxa moschatellina, Ribes rubrum, Glechoma hederacea, Listera ovata, or of the group of Galium odoratum, with Rosa arvensis, Mercurialis perennis, Sanicula europaea, Melica uniflora, Ornithogalum pyrenaicum, or by the abundance of Lamium galeobdolon.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type code G1.A131
Bern Convention Included in a Resolution 4 habitat type at a higher level (G1.A1)

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Flowering Plants Adoxa moschatellina
Flowering Plants Arum maculatum
Flowering Plants Fraxinus excelsior
Flowering Plants Galium odoratum
Flowering Plants Glechoma hederacea
Flowering Plants Listera ovata
Flowering Plants Melica uniflora
Flowering Plants Mercurialis perennis
Flowering Plants Ornithogalum pyrenaicum
Flowering Plants Quercus robur
Flowering Plants Ranunculus auricomus
Flowering Plants Ranunculus ficaria
Flowering Plants Ribes rubrum
Flowering Plants Rosa arvensis
Flowering Plants Sanicula europaea
Species scientific name English common name Species group
Adoxa moschatellina Flowering Plants
Arum maculatum Flowering Plants
Fraxinus excelsior Flowering Plants
Galium odoratum Flowering Plants
Glechoma hederacea Flowering Plants
Listera ovata Flowering Plants
Melica uniflora Flowering Plants
Mercurialis perennis Flowering Plants
Ornithogalum pyrenaicum Flowering Plants
Quercus robur Flowering Plants
Ranunculus auricomus Flowering Plants
Ranunculus ficaria Flowering Plants
Ribes rubrum Flowering Plants
Rosa arvensis Flowering Plants
Sanicula europaea Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 41.231 Arum ash-oak forests source
For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 G1.A131 Arum ash-oak forests same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 G1.A131 Arum ash-oak forests same
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