Illyro-Pannonic chestnut-sessile oak forests

English name: Illyro-Pannonic chestnut-sessile oak forests

Description (English)

Acidophilous Quercus petraea forests rich in Castanea sativa of the basins of the Drava and Sava in Slovenia, Croatia, northern Bosnia-Herzegovina, the Mecsek hills of southern Hungary and the Crisanian pre-Carpathic hills of northwestern Romania, developed on very acid substrates under warm humid climates or microclimates and accompanied by a mixed and regionally variable cortège composed of acidophile Quercion robori-petraeae species, mesophile Carpinion betuli species and thermophile Quercetalia pubescenti-petraeae species.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type code G1.8733
Bern Convention Included in a Resolution 4 habitat type at a higher level (G1.8)

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

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

Other classifications

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 41.5733 Illyro-Pannonic chestnut-sessile oak forests source
For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 G1.8733 Illyro-Pannonic chestnut-sessile oak forests same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 G1.8733 Illyro-Pannonic chestnut-sessile oak forests same
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