Balkan Range beech-hornbeam forests

English name: Balkan Range beech-hornbeam forests

Description (English)

Forests of Fagus sylvatica or Fagus moesiaca and Carpinus betulus or Carpinus betulus and Carpinus orientalis of the Balkan Range, widespread, though on limited surfaces, in the main chain, in the Anti-Balkan and in neighbouring hills.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type code G1.69323
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 Carpinus betulus
Flowering Plants Carpinus orientalis
Flowering Plants Fagus moesiaca
Flowering Plants Fagus sylvatica
Species scientific name English common name Species group
Carpinus betulus Flowering Plants
Carpinus orientalis Flowering Plants
Fagus moesiaca Flowering Plants
Fagus sylvatica Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 41.19323 Balkan Range beech-hornbeam forests source
For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 G1.69323 Balkan Range beech-hornbeam forests same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 G1.69323 Balkan Range beech-hornbeam forests same
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