F140
(Fir-)beech forests (Fagus sylvatica, partly Abies alba) of the Massif Central and Cevennes with Scilla lilio-hyacinthus, Luzula nivea, Conopodium majus, Euphorbia hyberna
Description
Closed beech and fir-beech forests with Abies alba and Acer pseudoplatanus, with a poorly distinctive shrub layer and a species-rich, often contiguous herb layer that contains many demanding species, a number of geophytes, as well as montane tall-forbs.
Trees: Beech dominates, with occasional Silver Fir, Field Maple, Common Ash
Overall fairly dense
Shrubs: Rowan (incl. Fruiting), Whitebeam, Fruiting Blackthorn Bush
Very sparse
Undergrowth: patches of sweet_woodruff, bottle_sedge, greater_wood_rush, wild_parsley, green_meadow_fescue, lush_grass; small clumps of wood_horsetail, marsh_ragwort; isolated horse_chestnut_tree_sapling, melancholy_thistle, dandelion; rare: woodland_sedge, willow_tree_sapling, blackberry_bush
Tree Layer
Fagus sylvatica (Beech), locally admixed Abies alba (Silver Fir), interspersed Acer pseudoplatanus (Field Maple), Fraxinus excelsior (Common Ash)
Shrub Layer
Sorbus aucuparia (Rowan), Sorbus aria (Whitebeam), Sambucus racemosa (Fruiting Rowan), Lonicera nigra (Fruiting Blackthorn Bush), Daphne mezereum (Fruiting Blackthorn Bush)
Lianas
No detail
Herb Layer
Cardamine heptaphylla (sweet_woodruff), Euphorbia hyberna (sweet_woodruff), Pulmonaria affinis (sweet_woodruff), Conopodium majus (horse_chestnut_tree_sapling), Luzula nivea (bottle_sedge), Luzula sylvatica (greater_wood_rush), Prenanthes purpurea (melancholy_thistle), Polygonatum verticillatum (wood_horsetail), Lamium galeobdolon (wild_parsley), Milium effusum (green_meadow_fescue), Poa chaixii (green_meadow_fescue), Galium odoratum (sweet_woodruff), Melica uniflora (lush_grass), Mycelis muralis (marsh_ragwort), Corydalis solida (sweet_woodruff), Cirsium erisithales (dandelion), rarely Hordelymus europaeus (woodland_sedge), Doronicum austriacum (sweet_woodruff), Doronicum pardalianches (sweet_woodruff), Streptopus amplexifolius (willow_tree_sapling), Actaea spicata (blackberry_bush)
Southern slopes of the Pinnath Gelin
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