Illyrian calcicline sessile oak-hornbeam forests

English name: Illyrian calcicline sessile oak-hornbeam forests

Description (English)

Forests of Quercus petraea, sometimes mixed with Quercus robur or Quercus cerris, and Carpinus betulus occupying limestones and rendzinas, often on skeletal soils, in the basins of the Drava and Sava, north to the hills of southwestern Transdanubia and the upper Drava basin of southern Carinthia.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type code G1.A1A11
Bern Convention Included in a Resolution 4 habitat type at a higher level (G1.A1)

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Flowering Plants Carpinus betulus
Flowering Plants Quercus cerris
Flowering Plants Quercus petraea
Flowering Plants Quercus robur
Species scientific name English common name Species group
Carpinus betulus Flowering Plants
Quercus cerris Flowering Plants
Quercus petraea Flowering Plants
Quercus robur Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 41.2A11 Illyrian calcicline sessile oak-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.A1A11 Illyrian calcicline sessile oak-hornbeam forests same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 G1.A1A11 Illyrian calcicline sessile oak-hornbeam forests same
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