G43
Corsican-Sardinian (supra-Mediterranean) downy oak forests (Quercus pubescens) with Ilex aquifolium, Ostrya carpinifolia, Fraxinus ornus, Lathyrus venetus, Oenanthe pimpinelloides
Description
Three-layered, up to 10 m high forests of Quercus pubescens and mixed tree species with a species-rich shrub layer and a contiguous herb layer.
Biome:
Trees: Downy Oak (dominant); admixed Sessile Oak, Horse Chestnut, Holm Oak, Cretan Maple, Field Maple (tiny-med), Hornbeam, Common Ash, Wild Service Tree, Yew
Generally smaller sizes (no more than 10 m)
Include ivy-variant trees
Shrubs: Holly (including bushes), Hawthorn, Greek Juniper Bush, English Elm Bush, Fruiting Bramble
Ground cover (in patches): alpine_bearberry, greater_wood_rush, deergrass, lush_grass, sweet_woodruff, dogs_mercury; small clumps of wild_shrub, angelica, oxeye_daisy (in the sun); isolated wild_parsley, bilberry_bush
Tree Layer
Quercus pubescens (Downy Oak), admixed Quercus petraea (Sessile Oak), Castanea sativa (Horse Chestnut), Quercus ilex (Holm Oak), Acer monspessulanum (Cretan Maple), Acer obtusatum (Field Maple (small-medium), Ostrya carpinifolia (Hornbeam), Fraxinus ornus (Common Ash), Sorbus domestica (Wild Service Tree), Taxus baccata (Yew)
Shrub Layer
Ilex aquifolium (Holly), Crataegus monogyna (Hawthorn), Ruscus aculeatus (Fruiting Holly Bush), Erica arborea (Greek Juniper Bush), Cytisus scoparius (wild_shrub)
Lianas
Tamus communis (ivy-variant trees), Rubia peregrina (sweet_woodruff), Lonicera etrusca (English Elm Bush), Rubus ulmifolius (Fruiting Bramble), Hedera helix (sparsely) (ivy-variant trees)
Herb Layer
Geranium purpureum (wild_parsley), Cyclamen hederifolium (alpine_bearberry), Gagea lutea (greater_wood_rush), Oenanthe pimpinelloides (angelica), Luzula forsteri (deergrass), Brachypodium sylvaticum (lush_grass), Lathyrus venetus (bilberry_bush), Silene viridiflora (oxeye_daisy), Galium odoratum (sweet_woodruff), Mercurialis perennis (dogs_mercury), Potentilla micrantha (wild_parsley), Galium rotundifolium (wild_parsley)
Central Tolfalas
