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
Pinus kochiana Klotzsch ex K.Koch Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Pinus sylvestris Linnaeus, 1753 Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising