G52
Middle Apennine mixed hop-hornbeam-downy oak forests (Quercus pubescens, Ostrya carpinifolia, Fraxinus ornus) with Acer obtusatum, Scutellaria columnae, Melittis melissophyllum
Description
Low to moderately high, two- to three-layered species-rich forests, with many Quercetalia pubescenti-petraeae and some Fagetalia species in the herb layer.
Tree Layer
Quercus pubescens (Downy Oak), Ostrya carpinifolia (Hornbeam), Fraxinus ornus (Common Ash), Acer obtusatum (Field Maple (tiny-medium)), Acer campestre (Field Maple), Acer monspessulanum (Cretan Maple)
Downy Oak, Hornbeam, Common Ash, Field Maple and Cretan Maple
Shrub Layer
Hippocrepis emerus (Common Ash Bush), Buxus sempervirens (Boxwood), Crataegus monogyna (Hawthorn), Laburnum anagyroides (Laburnum), Daphne laureola (Blackthorn Bush), Cornus mas (Lebethron), Ligustrum vulgare (Elder Bush), Prunus mahaleb (Common Linden (tiny-medium)), Euonymus europaea (Spindle)
Oak, Apple and Cherry saplings
Lianas
Clematis vitalba (Flowering Alder Buckthorn), Lonicera etrusca (English Elm Bush)
Herb Layer
Scutellaria columnae (heather), Melittis melissophyllum (wood_horsetail), Melampyrum italicum (common_cow_wheat), Knautia drymeia (black_knapweed), Lavandula angustifolia (lavender), Campanula trachelium (harebell), Euphorbia amygdaloides (green_spurge), Euphorbia dulcis (sweet_woodruff), Viola reichenbachiana (sweet_woodruff), Melica uniflora (lush_grass), Primula acaulis (wild_parsley), Lathyrus venetus (bilberry_bush), Helleborus foetidus (greater_wood_rush)
Peaks of the hills of central Belfalas
