Dobrogean Quercus pedunculiflora-lime-oriental hornbeam forests

English name: Dobrogean Quercus pedunculiflora-lime-oriental hornbeam forests

Description (English)

Xero-mesophile, neutrophile mixed Quercus pedunculiflora forests of the northern Dobrogea plateaux, with Tilia tomentosa, Carpinus orientalis, Carpinus betulus, Fraxinus excelsior, Fraxinus ornus in the tree layer, numerous sub-Mediterranean species, including Ornithogalum fimbriatum, Viola jordanii, Paeonia peregrina, Myrrhoides nodosa, Mercurialis ovata, Piptatherum virescens, and a few Fagetalia species, Zerna benekenii, Pulmonaria obscura, in the herb layer.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type code G1.76833
Bern Convention Included in a Resolution 4 habitat type at a higher level (G1.7)

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Flowering Plants Carpinus betulus
Flowering Plants Carpinus orientalis
Flowering Plants Fraxinus excelsior
Flowering Plants Fraxinus ornus
Flowering Plants Mercurialis ovata
Flowering Plants Myrrhoides nodosa
Flowering Plants Paeonia peregrina
Flowering Plants Piptatherum virescens
Flowering Plants Pulmonaria obscura
Flowering Plants Quercus pedunculiflora
Flowering Plants Tilia tomentosa
Flowering Plants Viola jordanii
Species scientific name English common name Species group
Carpinus betulus Flowering Plants
Carpinus orientalis Flowering Plants
Fraxinus excelsior Flowering Plants
Fraxinus ornus Flowering Plants
Mercurialis ovata Flowering Plants
Myrrhoides nodosa Flowering Plants
Paeonia peregrina Flowering Plants
Piptatherum virescens Flowering Plants
Pulmonaria obscura Flowering Plants
Quercus pedunculiflora Flowering Plants
Tilia tomentosa Flowering Plants
Viola jordanii Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 41.76833 Dobrogean Quercus pedunculiflora-lime-oriental hornbeam forests source
For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 G1.76833 Dobrogean Quercus pedunculiflora-lime-oriental hornbeam forests same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 G1.76833 Dobrogean Quercus pedunculiflora-lime-oriental hornbeam forests same
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