Concept: Medio-European limestone [Fagus] forests in the eunishabitats vocabulary

Concept URI	http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/eunishabitats/G1.66
Preferred label	Medio-European limestone [Fagus] forests
Definition	Xero-thermophile [Fagus sylvatica] forests developed on calcareous, often superficial, soils, usually of steep slopes, of the medio-European and Atlantic domaines of Western Europe and of central and northern Central Europe (also present in Greece), with a generally abundant herb and shrub undergrowth, characterised by sedges ([Carex] spp.), grasses ([Sesleria albicans], [Brachypodium pinnatum]), orchids ([Cephalanthera] spp., [Neottia nidus-avis], [Epipactis] spp.) of alliance [Cephalanthero-Fagenion] and thermophile species, transgressive of the [Quercetalia pubescenti-petraeae]. The bush-layer includes several calcicolous species ([Ligustrum vulgare], [Berberis vulgaris]) and [Buxus sempervirens] can dominate.
Notation	G1.66
Status	Valid
Status Modified	2014-01-31
Accepted Date	2014-01-31
Not Accepted Date
Has broader	G1.6 ([Fagus] woodland) in biodiversity/eunishabitats
Has narrower	G1.661 (Middle European dry-slope limestone beech forests) in biodiversity/eunishabitats G1.662 (Northwestern Iberian xerophile beech woods) in biodiversity/eunishabitats
Has exact match	http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/habitats/1094