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Concept: Po [Quercus] - [Fraxinus] - [Alnus] forests in the eunishabitats vocabulary

Concept URI http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/eunishabitats/G1.224
Preferred label Po [Quercus] - [Fraxinus] - [Alnus] forests
Definition Relict forests of the alluvial plain of the Po and its main tributaries, remnants of the greatest fluviatile system of Europe. They are formed by meso-hygrophile, mesotrophic, multi-layered, oak-ash-hornbeam-dominated communities ([Carpinion betuli]: [Polygonato multiflorae-Quercetum roboris]), with facies richer in ashes, willows and, mostly, alders, in the wettest areas ([Alno-Padion]). Constituent trees include [Quercus robur], [Quercus cerris], [Fraxinus excelsior], [Fraxinus ornus], [Carpinus betulus], [Ulmus minor], [Populus alba], [Populus nigra], [Acer campestre], [Acer pseudoplatanus], [Prunus padus], [Prunus avium], [Alnus glutinosa], [Salix alba], [Corylus avellana], [Sorbus torminalis], [Sorbus domestica], the shrub layers are formed, in particular, by [Ruscus aculeatus], [Cornus mas], [Cornus sanguinea], [Crataegus laevigata], [Crataegus monogyna], [Pyracantha coccinea], [Rubus fruticosus], [Rubus ulmifolius], [Rubus caesius], [Ribes uva-crispa], [Sambucus nigra], [Daphne mezereum], [Viburnum lantana], [Mespilus germanica], [Lonicera xylosteum], [Ligustrum vulgare], [Prunus spinosa], [Rosa canina], [Euonymus europaeus], [Rhamnus catharticus]; lianas are abundant, in particular, [Hedera helix], [Tamus communis], [Rubia peregrina], [Bryonia cretica]; in the herb layer occur, in particular, [Equisetum hyemale], [Symphytum officinale], [Polygonatum multiflorum], [Pulmonaria officinalis], [Lathyrus vernus], [Mercurialis perennis], [Primula acaulis], [Asarum europaeum], [Euphorbia dulcis], [Melittis melissophyllum], [Erythronium dens-canis], [Leucojum vernum], [Brachypodium sylvaticum], [Carex pilosa]. These forests are the habitat of the endangered endemic frog [Rana latastei].
Notation G1.224
Status Valid
Status Modified 2014-01-31
Accepted Date 2014-01-31
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