G24
Northeast Thracian Balkan oak-bitter oak forests (Quercus cerris, Quercus frainetto) with Heptaptera triquetra
Description
Middle to high growing, usually two-layered forests with many thermophilous and also oak-beech species in the herb layer
G24:
Biome:
Trees: Common Oak dominates, accompanied by Sessile Oak, English Elm, Field Maple, Hornbeam, Wild Service Tree, Ash, Linden
Shrubs: Hawthorn, Elder Bush, Lebethron, English Elm Bush, Rowan Bush, Dogwood, Holly
Groundcover (in patches): small_fescue, dandelion, wild_parsley, sweet_woodruff, woodland_sedge, lush_grass, greater_wood_rush, green_meadow_fescue, wood_horsetail; isolated horse_chestnut_tree_sapling, red_clover_flowers, gorse_tree_sapling
Tree Layer
Quercus cerris (Common Oak), Quercus frainetto (Common Oak), with different admixture of Quercus dalechampii (Common Oak (tiny-medium), Quercus polycarpa (Sessile Oak), Ulmus minor (Elm), Acer campestre (Field Maple), Acer tataricum, Carpinus orientalis, Carpinus betulus (Hornbeam), Sorbus domestica (Wild Service Tree), Sorbus torminalis (Wild Service Tree), Fraxinus ornus (Ash), Tilia tomentosa (Common Linden), Tilia begoniifolia (Common Linden)
Shrub Layer
Crataegus monogyna (Hawthorn), Ligustrum vulgare (Elder Bush), Cornus mas (Lebrethron), Rosa canina (English Elm Bush), Rosa gallica, Cotinus coggygria (Rowan Bush), Mespilus germanica (Dogwood), Ruscus aculeatus (Holly)
Lianas
No detail
Herb Layer
Heptaptera triquetra (horse_chestnut_tree_sapling), Ranunculus rumelicus (small_fescue), Leontodon cichoraceus (dandelion), Doronicum orientale (wild_parsley), Silene coronaria (red_clover_flowers), Primula veris (sweet_woodruff), Viola reichenbachiana (sweet_woodruff), Verbascum phoeniceum (gorse_tree_sapling), Carex divulsa (woodland_sedge), Carex muricata (lush_grass), Silene viridiflora (greater_wood_rush), Polygonatum biflorum (greater_wood_rush), Brachypodium pinnatum (green_meadow_fescue), Vincetoxicum hirundinaria (wood_horsetail)
One region, spanning Lossarnach and northern Lebennin
