Ponto-Caucasian [Pinus sylvestris] forests
Common name:
Ponto-Caucasian Scots pine forests
Habitat code:
G3.4E
Description:
Forests composed of pines of the [Pinus sylvestris] group, mostly included in [Pinus sylvestris ssp. hamata] or its intermediates with [Pinus sylvestris ssp. sylvestris], sometimes in species [Pinus kochiana], [Pinus hamata] or [Pinus armena], of the Pontic Range, its satellites and inner Anatolian outposts, of the mountains of the Crimea and of the Caucasus.
Important species scientific name | Corresponding species comments |
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Pinus kochiana Klotzsch ex K.Koch | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
Pinus sylvestris Linnaeus, 1753 | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
Legal instrument | Habitat type legal name | Habitat type legal code |
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Bern Convention 1996 | Ponto-Caucasian Scots pine forests | 42.5F |