F132
(Spruce-)fir-beech forests (Fagus sylvatica, Abies alba, Picea abies) with Cardamine heptaphylla, locally with spruce forests (Picea abies), fir forests (Abies alba) and sycamore-beech forests (Fagus sylvatica, Acer pseudoplatanus) in the west Alps and Jura
Description
Sycamore beech forests with scattered spruce and mountain ash; beeches are mostly gnarled or sabre formed, often only 15-20 m tall. At the upper forest line and in particularly wind exposed locations the trees remain crippled and only reach a few metres in height. The fir is largely replaced by the spruce. The opulent and usually fully covering fern- and tall-forb-rich herb layer is characteristic. Mosses are poorly represented on the ground, but do occur together with lichens on the trees.
Tree Layer
a) Fagus sylvatica (Beech N only, to represent stunted/sabre growth), Acer pseudoplatanus (Sycamore N/F) , Picea abies (Norway Spruce - should be rare but well distributed throughout), Abies alba, (Silver Fir, rare as well, do not use fifel)b) Picea abies (Spruce dominant), more common where beeches may be rare, such as bluffs and higher elevation), isolated Abies alba (Fir), Acer pseudoplatanus (Sycamore N/F)
Shrub Layer
Sorbus aucuparia (Rowan, growing in some rare, dominant clusters), tho additionally in undergrowth… Lonicera nigra, Lonicera alpigena, Rubus idaeus, Rosa pendulina (stand ins: hazel, bush and tiny, blackthorn bush, rowan bush (with berries)
Lianas
No details
Herb Layer
a) montane tall forb: Adenostyles alliariae, Cicerbita alpina, Petasites albus, Prenanthes purpurea, Polygonatum verticillatum, Rumex arifolius, Senecio nemorensis agg., Senecio ovatus, Saxifraga rotundifolia, Ranunculus lanuginosus, Ranunculus platanifolius, Viola biflora, Chaerophyllum hirsutum subsp. villarsii, Aconitum lycoctonum subsp. vulparia; Dryopteris filix-mas, Galium odoratum, Phyteuma spicatum, Paris quadrifolia, Primula elatior, Lamium montanum, Carex sylvatica; indicators of moisture: and other mesophilous species: Deschampsia cespitosa, Athyrium filix-femina, Stellaria nemorum;
Cicerbita alpina (alpine_sow_thistle, both 1 and 2 tall) Dryopteris filix-mas/femina (fern_1, bracken, fern) Galium odoratum (sweet_woodruff) Carex sylvatica (woodland_sedge)
Ground Cover
conquest:fir_forest_floor, conquest:taiga_forest_floor, conquest:mossy_forest_floor_with_roots, minecraft:coarse_dirt
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