G61
Crimean-west Caucasian Oriental hornbeam-downy oak forests (Quercus pubescens, Carpinus orientalis) with Pistacia mutica, Rhus coriaria
Description
Low-growing (to 15 m) open, two- to three-layered forests or shrub forests with many sub-Mediterranean and Mediterranean species.
Tree Layer
Quercus pubescens (Downy Oak), (Quercus petraea) (Sessile Oak), Carpinus orientalis (Hornbeam), Fraxinus excelsior (Ash), Juniperus excelsa (Greek Juniper), Sorbus torminalis (Wild Service Tree)
Downy Oak, Sessile Oak, Hornbeam, Ash, Green Juniper and Wild Service Tree
Shrub Layer
Pistacia mutica (Terebinth), Juniperus oxycedrus (Greek Juniper Bush), Cotinus coggygria (Elder), Jasminum fruticans (Flowering Gorse), Rhus coriaria (Fruiting Rowan Bush), Ruscus aculeatus (Fruiting Holly Bush), Paliurus spina-christi (Ash Bush), Rhododendron luteum (wild_shrub), Cistus creticus subsp. Eriocephalus (wild_shrub), Staphylea pinnata (wild_shrub), Corylus avellana (Hazel), Cornus mas (Lebrethron)
Oak, Apple and Cherry saplings
Lianas
Hedera helix, Clematis vitalba
Herb Layer
Lithospermum purpurocaeruleum (greater_wood_rush), Sesleria anatolica (bottle_sedge), Brachypodium pinnatum subsp. Rupestre (green_meadow_fescue), Stipa bromoides (bottle_sedge), Carex flacca subsp. Serrulata (bottle_sedge), Carex halleriana (small_fescue), Laser trilobum, Physospermum cornubiense (horse_chestnut_tree_sapling), Ornithogalum ponticum (ABSENT), Dorycnium herbaceum, Lathyrus laxiflorus (sweet_woodruff), Cephalanthera rubra (lily_of_the_valley), Epipactis helleborine (blue_orchid), Epipactis microphylla, Primula acaulis (wild_parsley), Clinopodium vulgare (red_clover_flowers), Elymus nodosus (timothy_grass)
Southern coast of the Sea of Rhûn
