41.26 - Sub-continental oak-hornbeam forests

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Quercus robur or Quercus petraea forests of eutrophic or mesotrophic soils of subcontinental and continental northern and central Central Europe and of Eastern Europe. Carpinus betulus is generally present in their western representatives, widespread in Central Europe and western Eastern Europe. They are richer in lime, Tilia cordata, than the sub-Atlantic forests of units 41.23, 41.24 and 41.25. They are of more northern character in their area of mutual approach than the Balkanic forests of unit 41.2C. Their southern limit of occurrence follows the Carpathian arc, the northern rim of the Podolian plateaux, and, farther east, the southern limit of nemoral forests.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Carpinion betuli: Galio sylvatici-Carpinenion betuli, Tilio cordatae-Carpinenion betuli

Bibliography

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)

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