T1-E15 - Chênaies-charmaies faméniennes

Famennian Quercus - Carpinus betulus forests

Classification des habitats EUNIS 2022

Descriptif de l'habitat

Sub-Atlantic forests of Quercus robur and Quercus petraea, mostly low-canopied, with Carpinus betulus, Sorbus torminalis, Betula pendula, Populus tremula in the subcanopy or the understorey, developed on soils with an alternating hydric regime, mostly clays derived from the alteration of Devonian schists, characterized by the abundance of Carex flacca and the coexistence of acidocline and calcicline species, typical of the sub-Hercynian Fagne-Famenne depression where they constitute a highly distinctive, almost continuous, forest-belt.

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)