F84

Southwest Central European Luzula luzuloides-(sessile oak-)beech forests (Fagus sylvatica, Quercus petraea) with Abies alba

Description

Species–poor beech cathedral forests with scattered oaks, subatlantic species and added fir at higher altitudes. Shrub layer sparse; herb layer very interspersed.

Tree Layer

Fagus sylvatica dominating (Common Beech), with alternating admixture of Quercus petraea (Sessile Oak), Quercus robur (Common Oak), Abies alba (Silver Fir)
Common Beech, with alternating admixture of Sessile Oak, Common Oak and Silver Fir

Shrub Layer

Ilex aquifolium (Holly), Sorbus aucuparia (Rowan)
Alder, Oak, Apple, Spruce and Pine saplings

Lianas

Lonicera periclymenum, Hedera helix

Herb Layer

Luzula luzuloides (timothy_grass), Carex pilulifera (bottle_sedge), Deschampsia flexuosa (lush_grass), Vaccinium myrtillus (bilberry_bush), Festuca altissima (bottle_sedge), Athyrium filix-femina (fern_1, bracken, fern), Dryopteris carthusiana (fern_1), Teucrium scorodonia (sweet_woodruff), Digitalis purpurea (moorland_spotted_orchid)

Forests in the central Vale of Anduin, just north of the Gladden Fields

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