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T1-9 - Forêts caducifoliées thermophiles tempérées et subméditerranéennes

Temperate and submediterranean thermophilous deciduous forest
T1-8 - Hêtraies sur sols acides
T1-B - Chênaies acidiphiles

Classification des habitats EUNIS 2022

Descriptif de l'habitat

These thermophilous broadleaved deciduous forests form a wide, but interrupted, belt across the submediterranean zone of Europe, with milder winters and warmer drought-prone summers than sustain the broadleaved temperate forests, but colder, intermittently frosty and snowy winters than are typical for the evergreen broadleaved forests and scrub of the Mediterranean. To the north, they tend to occupy low-altitude, drier and warmer sites, and to the south, rainier sites at higher altitudes.

Espèces diagnostiques

Quercus cerris, Quercus pubescens, Cornus mas, Sorbus torminalis, Aegonychon purpurocaeruleum, Quercus frainetto, Lathyrus niger, Acer campestre, Ligustrum vulgare, Crataegus monogyna, Viburnum lantana, Carpinus orientalis, Fraxinus ornus, Melittis melissophyllum

Espèces constantes

Crataegus monogyna, Quercus pubescens, Hedera helix aggr., Ligustrum vulgare, Acer campestre, Prunus spinosa, Dactylis glomerata, Cornus sanguinea, Rubia peregrina, Rosa canina aggr., Brachypodium sylvaticum, Fraxinus ornus, Teucrium chamaedrys, Sorbus torminalis, Viburnum lantana, Quercus cerris, Juniperus communis subsp. communis, Corylus avellana, Brachypodium pinnatum, Fragaria vesca

Espèces dominantes

Quercus pubescens, Quercus cerris, Quercus petraea, Hedera helix aggr., Ostrya carpinifolia, Buxus sempervirens, Brachypodium pinnatum, Quercus robur, Carpinus orientalis

Bibliography

 European Topic Centre on Biological Diversity, 2021. EUNIS terrestrial habitat classification 2021 including crosswalks. ETC/BD-EEA. Table Excel transmise par S. Hennekens (Alterra) le 14/02/2022. (Source)