4 - Forests

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Natural or seminatural communities dominated physiognomically by trees. Included are all natural, near-natural or managed forests and woods, dense or clear, on dry substrates, on permanently or temporarily waterlogged soils or on ground permanently or temporarily inundated by marine or nonmarine waters. By extension, are also included small tree or shrub communities of riverine or marshland sites, as well as plantations of trees within or near their natural area of occurrence, accompanied by seminatural undergrowth.

Bibliographie

Devillers P., Devillers-Terschuren J. & Vander Linden C., 2001. PHYSIS Palaearctic Habitat Classification Database. Updated to 10 December 2001. Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles, Bruxelles. (Source)