G26
South Balkanic Balkan oak forests (Quercus frainetto) with Verbascum glabratum, Geocaryum capillifolium
Description
Moderately high, three-layered forests (sometimes with a second tree layer), moderately developed shrub layer and a well developed herb layer, rich in grasses, thermophilous herbs and geophytes.
Biome:
Trees: Common Oak dominates; Horse Chestnut, Downy Oak and Hornbeam also appear
Shrubs: Wild Service Tree, Common Ash (small), Hawthorn, Crab Apple
Groundcover (in patches): sweet_woodruff, simbelmyne, nettles, wood_horsetail, wild_parsley, deergrass, meadow_fescue, bottle_sedge; isolated horse_chestnut_tree_sapling, dandelion, wild_shrub
Tree Layer
Quercus frainetto (Common Oak), with different admixture of Quercus cerris (Common Oak), Castanea sativa (Horse Chestnut), Quercus dalechampii (Common Oak (tiny-medium)), Quercus pubescens (Downy Oak), Carpinus orientalis (Hornbeam (tiny-medium)), Ostrya carpinifolia (Hornbeam)
Shrub Layer
Sorbus torminalis (Wild Service Tree), Fraxinus ornus (Common Ash), Crataegus monogyna (Hawthorn), Crataegus laevigata (Hawthorn), Rosa arvensis (wild_shrub), Malus florentina (Crab Apple)Oak, Apple, Cherry, Willow and Downy Willow saplings
Lianas
No detail
Herb Layer
Verbascum glabratum (sweet_woodruff), Geocaryum capillifolium (horse_chestnut_tree_sapling), Physospermum cornubiense (horse_chestnut_tree_sapling), Lathyrus laxiflorus (sweet_woodruff), Symphytum bulbosum (sweet_woodruff), Trifolium pignantii (simbelmyne), Trifolium ochroleucon (nettles), Leontodon cichoraceus (dandelion), Melittis melissophyllum subsp. Albida (wood_horsetail), Potentilla micrantha (wild_parsley), Doronicum orientale (wild_parsley), Helleborus odorus (sweet_woodruff), Campanula spatulata subsp. Spruneriana (wild_parsley), Luzula forsteri (deergrass), Silene flavescens (wild_parsley), Festuca heterophylla (meadow_fescue), Cnidium silaifolium (horse_chestnut_tree_sapling), Vicia grandiflora (wood_horsetail), Cardamine graeca (wild_parsley), Crepis fraasii (sweet_woodruff), Galium pseudoaristatum (wood_horsetail), Stipa bromoides (bottle_sedge), Ajuga laxmannii (wood_horsetail)
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