Cantabrian [Quercus pyrenaica] forests

General Information Species Legal instrument Natura

Common name:

Cantabrian Pyrenean oak forests

Habitat code:

G1.7B2

Description:

[Quercus pyrenaica] formations of medio-European character, of the collinar and montane levels of the Cantabrian chain and its satellite ranges west to the Sierra de Picos de Ancares in Galicia, characteristic of areas with comparatively low precipitation, in the rain shadow of the coastward ranges or the interior oro-Cantabrian hills.

References:

Devillers, P., Devillers-Terschuren, J. and Vander Linden, C., 2001

Important species scientific name	Corresponding species comments
Quercus pyrenaica Willd.	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising

Code in legal instrument
Legal instrument	Habitat type legal name	Habitat type legal code
EU Habitats Directive Annex I	Galicio-Portuguese oak woods with Quercus robur and Quercus pyrenaica	9230
Bern Convention 1996	[Quercus pyrenaica] forests	41.6

Sites in which this biotope type has been recorded
EUNIS Site Code	Greek Natura 2000 code	Site name
C11700032	C11700032	ALTO DOURO (INTERNACIONAL)
B00000144	B00000144	ADI-QUINTO REAL-VELATE
B00000540	B00000540	ANCARES LEONESES
C11100018	C11100018	PARQUE NACIONAL DA PENEDA-GERES
B00000026	B00000026	BOSQUE DE MUNIELLOS
B00000115	B00000115	CINCO VILLAS
B00000195	B00000195	EL CAUREL
B00010026	B00010026	RIAÃ‘O
B00010027	B00010027	FUENTES CARRIONAS-FUENTE COBRE
C11800097	C11800097	CAMPO DE VIBORAS
B00000517	B00000517	MAMPODRE
B00010013	B00010013	SOMIEDO
B00000536	B00000536	SIERRA DE LA CULEBRA
B00000099	B00000099	SIERRA DE CODES