Helleno-Moesian Quercus dalechampii forests.
Description (English)
Quercus dalechampii-dominated forests of the hills and mountain slopes of the mountains of north eastern Greece including the Pindus, the Moeso-Macedonian mountains, the Rhodope Mountains. They include, in particular, the xero-mesophile Quercus dalechampii-dominated forests, sometimes mixed with Quercus cerris, Quercus frainetto or Fraxinus excelsior, with Carpinus orientalis, Ostrya carpinifolia or Fraxinus ornus often present and sometimes abundant, widespread in the durmast oak-hornbeam, 600-1200 metre, belt of the Rhodope and the Moeso-Macedonian mountains, drier than the Carpinus betulus-Quercus dalechampii forests of unit G1.A1C3. Ruscus aculeatus is often present and sometimes subdominant in their undergrowth. They also include local formations of the upper supra-Mediterranean level of northern and middle Greece, mostly of the Pindus and of crystalline or metamorphic ranges of the southern Moeso-Macedonian and Rhodope mountains, likewise altitudinally inserted between Quercus frainetto and beech forests.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
EUNIS habitat type | code G1.763 |
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Bern Convention | Included in a Resolution 4 habitat type at a higher level (G1.7) |
Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
Not availableSpecies mentioned in habitat description
Species scientific name | English common name | Species group |
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Carpinus betulus | Flowering Plants | |
Carpinus orientalis | Flowering Plants | |
Fraxinus excelsior | Flowering Plants | |
Fraxinus ornus | Flowering Plants | |
Ostrya carpinifolia | Flowering Plants | |
Quercus cerris | Flowering Plants | |
Quercus dalechampii | Flowering Plants | |
Quercus frainetto | Flowering Plants | |
Ruscus aculeatus | Flowering Plants |
Other classifications
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 | 41.763 | Helleno-Moesian Quercus dalechampii forests. | source |
History
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | G1.763 | Helleno-Moesian Quercus dalechampii forests. | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | G1.763 | Helleno-Moesian Quercus dalechampii forests. | same |