F92
Luzula sylvatica-fir-beech forests (Fagus sylvatica, Abies alba) of the Massif Central with Vaccinium myrtillus, Genista pilosa, partly with Lamium galeobdolon, Milium effusum, Poa chaixii, partly alternating with pine forests (Pinus sylvestris), locally beech and fir-beech forests with Scilla lilio-hyacinthus
Description
Complex consisting of beech forests from various trophic regions with a sparse shrub layer and a herb layer with varying coverage. At high altitudes with a greater proportion of fir, particularly on wetter sites on northern and northeast slopes. Scattered Pinus sylvestris stands with heath species in the shrub layer (Calluna vulgaris, Cytisus scoparius, Juniperus communis) and Deschampsia flexuosa, Festuca ovina, Teucrium scorodonia, Jasione montana (presumably secondary forests).
Trees: Beech dominates, with local appearances of Silver Fir and Field Maple
Shrubs: Whitebeam, Rowan (incl. Fruiting), Fruiting Blackthorn Bush, Holly
Sparse
Undergrowth: patches of greater_wood_rush, bottle_sedge, green_meadow_fescue, lush_grass, sweet_woodruff; small clumps of grass, bilberry_bush, lily_of_the_valley, fern_1, bracken, fern, greater_fen_sedge, wood_horsetail, marsh_ragwort, thick_fern, wild_parsley; isolated alpine_bearberry, melancholy_thistle, horse_chestnut_tree_sapling, goldenrod
Tree Layer
Fagus sylvatica (Beech), locally with Abies alba (Silver Fir), Acer pseudoplatanus (Field Maple)
Shrub Layer
Sorbus aria (Whitebeam), Sorbus aucuparia (Rowan), Sambucus racemosa (Fruiting Rowan), Lonicera nigra (Fruiting Blackthorn Bush), Ilex aquifolium (Holly)
Lianas
No detail
Herb Layer
Luzula sylvatica (greater_wood_rush), Luzula pilosa (greater_wood_rush), Luzula nivea (bottle_sedge), Vaccinium myrtillus (bilberry_bush), Prenanthes purpurea (melancholy_thistle), Deschampsia flexuosa (lush_grass), Galium saxatile (sweet_woodruff), Digitalis purpurea (wild_parsley), Oxalis acetosella (alpine_bearberry), Maianthemum bifolium (sweet_woodruff), Senecio ovatus (marsh_ragwort), Solidago virgaurea (goldenrod), Epilobium montanum (thick_fern), Athyrium filix-femina (fern_1, bracken, fern), Conopodium majus (horse_chestnut_tree_sapling), Calamagrostis arundinacea (greater_fen_sedge), Polygonatum verticillatum (wood_horsetail); rich sites with Lamium galeobdolon (wild_parsley), Milium effusum (green_meadow_fescue), Galium odoratum (sweet_woodruff), Melica uniflora (lush_grass), Poa chaixii (green_meadow_fescue), Polygonatum multiflorum (lily_of_the_valley), Stellaria holostea (grass), Pulmonaria affinis (sweet_woodruff), Euphorbia hyberna (sweet_woodruff), Cardamine heptaphylla (sweet_woodruff)
Northern slopes of Pinnath Gelin
