EUNIS habitat classification 2012 amended 2019 > G - Woodland, forest and other wooded land > G2 - Broadleaved evergreen woodland > G2.1 - Mediterranean evergreen Quercus woodland

Mediterranean evergreen Quercus woodland

English name: Mediterranean evergreen oak woodland

Description (English)

Woodland with dominant evergreen arborescent Quercus, e.g. Quercus alnifolia, Quercus coccifera, Quercus ilex, Quercus rotundifolia, Quercus suber.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code G2.1
Bern Convention	Included in a Resolution 4 habitat type at a higher level (G2)
Relation to	Annex I habitat types (EU Habitats Directive)

Legal status

Relation to other habitat types mentioned in legal instruments

Legal text	Annex	Name in legal text	Code in legal text	Habitat type relationship	More information
Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora - consolidated version 01/01/2007	Annex I: natural habitat types of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation	Quercus suber forests	9330	Wider	http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm
Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora - consolidated version 01/01/2007	Annex I: natural habitat types of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation	Quercus ilex and Quercus rotundifolia forests	9340	Wider
Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora - consolidated version 01/01/2007	Annex I: natural habitat types of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation	Scrub and low forest vegetation with Quercus alnifolia	9390	Wider
Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora - consolidated version 01/01/2007	Annex I: natural habitat types of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation	Woodlands with Quercus infectoria (Anagyro foetidae-Quercetum infectoriae)	93A0	Wider

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Name	Definition	Alternatives	Reftext
Arbuto andrachnes-Quercion cocciferae Barbero et Quézel 1979	Evergreen calcicolous subhumid to humid oak forests of Eastern Mediterranean	Andrachno-Quercion cocciferae Barbero et Quézel 1979 (orig. form)	Schaminee et al, 2012
Fraxino orni-Quercion ilicis Biondi et al. ex Biondi, Casavecchia et Gigante 2013	Evergreen and semideciduous calciphilous kermes oak forests of Central Mediterranean	Fraxino orni-Quercion ilicis Biondi et al. 2003; Quercion ilicis Br.-Bl. ex Horvatic 1934	Schaminee et al, 2012
Quercion ilicis Br.-Bl. ex Molinier 1934	Evergreen calciphilous kermes oak forests of Western Mediterranean	Quercion ilicis Br.-Bl. 1931; Quercion ilicis Br.-Bl. ex Br.-Bl. et al. 1952; Quercion ilicis valentinae Rivas Goday et al 1956; Aceri monspessulani-Quercion ilicis de Foucault et Julve 1991	Schaminee et al, 2012
Cyclamini cretici-Quercion ilicis Barbero et Quézel ex Quézel et al. 1992	Evergreen calciphilous kermes oak forests of Eastern Mediterranean	Cyclamini cretici-Quercion brachyphyllae-ilicis Barbero et Quézel 1980	Schaminee et al, 2012
Quercion alnifoliae Barbero et Quézel 1979	Mesomediterranean evergreen golden-oak forests of Cyprus		Schaminee et al, 2012
Quercion calliprini Zohary ex Quézel et al. 1992	Sclerophyllous evergreen oak forests of Eastern Mediterranean	Quercion calliprini Zohary 1955; Quercion ilicis creticum Zohary et Orshan 1966	Schaminee et al, 2012
Quercion broteroi Br.-Bl. et al. 1956 corr. Rivas-Mart. 1972	Ibero-atlantic of meso- and supramediterranean evergreen or semi-deciduous oak forests	Quercion fagineo-suberis (Br.-Bl. et al. 1956) Rivas-Mart. 1975; Quercion fagineae Br.-Bl. et al. 1956	Schaminee et al, 2012
Erico-Quercion ilicis S. Brullo et al. 1977	Evergreen and semideciduous acidophilous kermes oak forests of Central Mediterranean		Schaminee et al, 2012
Querco rotundifoliae-Oleion sylvestris Barbero et al. in Rivas-Mart. et al. 1986	Iberian-North African thermo- and mesomediterranean evergreen oak forests on deep soils	Oleo sylvestris-Quercion rorundifolio-suberis Barbero, Quézel et Rivas-Mart. 1981	Schaminee et al, 2012

Species mentioned in habitat description

Flowering Plants Quercus coccifera

Flowering Plants Quercus ilex

Flowering Plants Quercus rotundifolia

Flowering Plants Quercus suber

Species scientific name	English common name	Species group
Quercus coccifera		Flowering Plants
Quercus ilex		Flowering Plants
Quercus rotundifolia		Flowering Plants
Quercus suber		Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
CORINE Land Cover	3.1.1.	Broad-leaved forest	n/a
BEAR Forest Types for Biodiversity Assessment	15	Mediterranean broad-leaved sclerophyllous forests and shrub	wider

For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	G2.1	Mediterranean evergreen Quercus woodland	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	G2.1	Mediterranean evergreen Quercus woodland	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	G2.1	Mediterranean evergreen Quercus woodland	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	G2.1	Mediterranean evergreen Quercus woodland	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	G2.1	Mediterranean evergreen Quercus woodland	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712	G2.1	Mediterranean oak woodland	same

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