EUNIS habitat classification 2012 amended 2019 > G - Woodland, forest and other wooded land > G1 - Broadleaved deciduous woodland > G1.6 - Fagus woodland > G1.68 - Southern Italian Fagus forests

Southern Italian Fagus forests

English name: Southern Italian beech forests

Description (English)

Fagus sylvatica forests of Italian mountains, south of 42° N. They are highly fragmented and harbour many endemic species. Altidudinal and hygric variants can be distinguished.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code G1.68
Bern Convention	Included in a Resolution 4 habitat type at a higher level (G1.6)
Relation to	Annex I habitat types (EU Habitats Directive)

Legal status

Relation to other habitat types mentioned in legal instruments

Legal text	Annex	Name in legal text	Code in legal text	Habitat type relationship	More information
Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora - consolidated version 01/01/2007	Annex I: natural habitat types of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation	Apeninne beech forests with Taxus and Ilex	9210	Wider	http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm
Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora - consolidated version 01/01/2007	Annex I: natural habitat types of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation	Apennine beech forests with Abies alba and beech forests with Abies nebrodensis	9220	Wider

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Flowering Plants Fagus sylvatica

Species scientific name	English common name	Species group
Fagus sylvatica		Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112	41.18	Southern Italian beech forests	source
CORINE Land Cover	3.1.1.	Broad-leaved forest	n/a
BEAR Forest Types for Biodiversity Assessment	13	Montane beech and mixed beech-fir-spruce forest	wider

For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	G1.68	Southern Italian Fagus forests	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	G1.68	Southern Italian Fagus forests	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	G1.68	Southern Italian Fagus forests	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	G1.68	Southern Italian Fagus forests	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	G1.68	Southern Italian Fagus forests	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712	G1.78	Southern Italian beech forests	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	41.18	Southern Italian beech forests	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	41.18	Southern Italian beech forests	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	41.18		same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	41.18		same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991	41.18		same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989	41.18		same

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