Goatsbeard ash-sycamore ravine forests

English name: Goatsbeard ash-sycamore ravine forests

Description (English)

Forests of Fraxinus excelsior, Acer pseudoplatanus, Acer platanoides, Ulmus glabra, Tilia platyphyllos, Fagus sylvatica, restricted to small surfaces on erosion-fashioned slope bases in shady ravines and valleys of the submontane level of the Bohemian Quadrangle, the extreme Western Carpathians, the Jura, the northern and eastern pre-Alps, the mid-German Hercynian ranges, with Aruncus dioicus dominant, Petasites albus, Veronica montana, Circaea alpina, Dryopteris carthusiana, Dryopteris dilatata, Dryopteris affinis and the mosses Blasia pusilla, Conocephalum conicum, Fissidens taxifolius.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type code G1.A4114
Bern Convention Included in a Resolution 4 habitat type at a higher level (G1.A4)

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Ferns Dryopteris affinis
Ferns Dryopteris carthusiana
Ferns Dryopteris dilatata
Flowering Plants Acer platanoides
Flowering Plants Acer pseudoplatanus
Flowering Plants Aruncus dioicus
Flowering Plants Circaea alpina
Flowering Plants Fagus sylvatica
Flowering Plants Fraxinus excelsior
Flowering Plants Petasites albus
Flowering Plants Tilia platyphyllos
Flowering Plants Ulmus glabra
Flowering Plants Veronica montana
Species scientific name English common name Species group
Dryopteris affinis Ferns
Dryopteris carthusiana Ferns
Dryopteris dilatata Ferns
Acer platanoides Flowering Plants
Acer pseudoplatanus Flowering Plants
Aruncus dioicus Flowering Plants
Circaea alpina Flowering Plants
Fagus sylvatica Flowering Plants
Fraxinus excelsior Flowering Plants
Petasites albus Flowering Plants
Tilia platyphyllos Flowering Plants
Ulmus glabra Flowering Plants
Veronica montana Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 41.4114 Goatsbeard ash-sycamore ravine forests source
For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 G1.A4114 Goatsbeard ash-sycamore ravine forests same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 G1.A4114 Goatsbeard ash-sycamore ravine forests same
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