F141
Provencal-Ligurian thermo- and mesophilous beech and fir-beech forests (Fagus sylvatica, Abies alba) with Buxus sempervirens, Carex alba, Polygala chamaebuxus, Calamintha grandiflora, Geranium nodosum, partly Trochiscanthes nodiflora
Description
Two- to three-layered beech forests, sometimes with fir, sycamore and other deciduous tree species. The shrub layer is mostly sparse, but better developed in thermophilous forms; herb layer with meso- to thermophilous species, while tall forbs recede. Mosses are sparse.
Tree Layer
Fagus sylvatica predominating (Common Beech), Abies alba admixed (Silver Fir), Acer pseudoplatanus (Field Maple), Fraxinus excelsior (Ash), Tilia platyphyllos (Linden), Acer opalus (Field Maple (small-medium)), Acer campestre (Field Maple), Sorbus aria (Whitebeam)
Common Beech predominating, Silver Fir admixed, Field Maple, Field Maple (small-medium), Ash, Linden and Whitebeam
Shrub Layer
Laburnum alpinium (Laburnum), Lonicera alpigena (Fruiting Blackthorn Bush), Lonicera xylosteum (Fruiting Blackthorn Bush), Rosa pendulina (Field Maple Bush), Ribes alpinum (wild_shrub)
Alder, Oak, Apple, Spruce and Pine saplings
Lianas
No detail
Herb Layer
Calamintha grandiflora (nettles), Ranunculus aduncus (wild_parsley), Geranium nodosum (sweet_woodruff), Hordelymus europaeus (woodland_sedge), Galium odoratum (sweet_woodruff), Viola reichenbachiana (sweet_woodruff), Lathyrus vernus (sweet_woodruff), Mycelis muralis (marsh_ragwort), Sanicula europaea (oxeye_daisy), Luzula sylvatica (greater_wood_rush), rarely Athyrium filix-femina (fern_1, bracken, fern), Saxifraga rotundifolia (wild_parsley), Trochiscanthes nodiflora, Prenanthes purpurea (melancholy_thistle), Galium aristatum (wood_horsetail), Veronica urticifolia (nettles); Stellaria nemorum (sweet_woodruff), Luzula nivea (bottle_sedge)
Southern slopes of the central White Mountains
