Fontinal ash-alder woods

English name: Fontinal ash-alder woods

Description (English)

Fraxinus excelsior-Alnus glutinosa woods of Atlantic, sub-Atlantic and subcontinental middle Europe, with a wetter soil occupied by Cardamine amara and Chrysosplenium spp., and often by Impatiens noli-tangere.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type code G1.2112
Bern Convention Included in a Resolution 4 habitat type at a higher level (G1.21)

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Flowering Plants Alnus glutinosa
Flowering Plants Cardamine amara
Flowering Plants Fraxinus excelsior
Flowering Plants Impatiens noli-tangere
Species scientific name English common name Species group
Alnus glutinosa Flowering Plants
Cardamine amara Flowering Plants
Fraxinus excelsior Flowering Plants
Impatiens noli-tangere Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 44.312 Fontinal ash-alder woods source
For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 G1.2112 Fontinal ash-alder woods same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 G1.2112 Fontinal ash-alder woods same
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