Sub-Mediterranean calcicolous beech forests

English name: Sub-Mediterranean calcicolous beech forests

Description (English)

Thermophile beech forests often rich in box Buxus sempervirens and lavender of the warm, calcareous slopes of the southwestern pre-Alps, Haute Provence, Maritime Alps, of the Causses, the eastern Pyrenees, the Aragonese central Pyrenees.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type code G1.675
Bern Convention Included in a Resolution 4 habitat type at a higher level (G1.6)

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Flowering Plants Buxus sempervirens
Species scientific name English common name Species group
Buxus sempervirens Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 41.175 Sub-Mediterranean calcicolous beech forests source
For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 G1.675 Sub-Mediterranean calcicolous beech forests same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 G1.675 Sub-Mediterranean calcicolous beech forests same
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