Cantabrian acidophilous oak forests

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Common name:

Habitat code:

G1.862

Description:

Cantabrian and peri-Cantabrian acidophilous [Quercus robur] or [Quercus petraea] forests, sometimes rich in [Betula celtiberica], [Quercus pyrenaica] or [Castanea sativa], with [Teucrium scorodonia], [Blechnum spicant], [Lonicera periclymenum], [Deschampsia flexuosa], [Veronica officinalis], [Hypericum pulchrum], [Lathyrus montanus], [Melampyrum pratense], [Euphorbia dulcis], [Euphorbia amygdaloides], [Stellaria holostea], [Oxalis acetosella], [Pteridium aquilinum], [Dryopteris dilatata], [Dryopteris affinis], [Dryopteris aemula], [Oreopteris limbosperma], [Polypodium vulgare], [Ulex europaeus], [Ulex gallii], [Vaccinium myrtillus], [Daboecia cantabrica], [Erica cinerea], [Erica vagans].

References:

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

Important species scientific name	Corresponding species comments
Polypodium vulgare Linnaeus, 1753	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Blechnum spicant (L.) Roth	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Pteridium aquilinum (Linnaeus, 1753) Kuhn, 1879	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Oreopteris limbosperma (Bellardi ex All.) Holub	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Dryopteris dilatata (Hoffm.) A.Gray, 1848	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Dryopteris aemula (Aiton) Kuntze	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Lonicera periclymenum L.	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Stellaria holostea L.	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Vaccinium myrtillus Linnaeus, 1753	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Erica vagans L.	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Daboecia cantabrica (Huds.) K.Koch	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Erica cinerea L.	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Ulex gallii Planch.	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Euphorbia dulcis L.	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Euphorbia amygdaloides Linnaeus, 1753	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Lathyrus montanus Bernh.	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Quercus petraea (Matt.) Liebl., 1784	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Quercus pyrenaica Willd.	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Quercus robur Linnaeus, 1753	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Castanea sativa Mill., 1768	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Hypericum pulchrum L.	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Teucrium scorodonia L.	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Oxalis acetosella Linnaeus, 1753	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Melampyrum pratense Linnaeus, 1753	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Veronica officinalis Linnaeus, 1753	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Deschampsia flexuosa (Linnaeus, 1753) Trin., 1836	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Dryopteris affinis (Lowe) Fraser-Jenk.	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Betula pubescens ssp. celtiberica (Rothm. & Vasc.) Rivas Mart.	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising

Next sub-divisions
EUNIS Code	Type Name	Name
G1.8621	Eastern Cantabrian acidophilous oak forests	Eastern Cantabrian acidophilous oak forests
G1.8622	Western Cantabrian acidophilous oak forests	Western Cantabrian acidophilous oak forests
G1.8623	Oro-Cantabrian acidophilous oak forests	Oro-Cantabrian acidophilous oak forests

Sites in which this biotope type has been recorded
EUNIS Site Code	Source	Greek Natura 2000 code	Site name
B00000522		B00000522	SIERRAS DE PEÃ‘ALABRA Y DEL CORDEL