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Concept: Famennian [Quercus] - [Carpinus betulus] forests in the eunishabitats vocabulary
| Concept URI | http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/eunishabitats/G1.A15 |
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| Preferred label | Famennian [Quercus] - [Carpinus betulus] forests |
| Definition | Sub-Atlantic forests of [Quercus robur] and [Quercus petraea], mostly low-canopied, with [Carpinus betulus], [Sorbus torminalis], [Betula pendula], [Populus tremula] in the subcanopy or the understorey, developed on soils with an alternating hydric regime, mostly clays derived from the alteration of Devonian schists, characterized by the abundance of [Carex flacca] and the coexistence of acidocline and calcicline species, typical of the sub-Hercynian Fagne-Famenne depression where they constitute a highly distinctive, almost continuous, forest-belt. |
| Notation | G1.A15 |
| Status | Valid |
| Status Modified | 2014-01-31 |
| Accepted Date | 2014-01-31 |
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