U28
Pedunculate oak-ash forests (Fraxinus excelsior, Quercus robur) and ash-elm forests (Ulmus glabra, Fraxinus excelsior), partly with Alnus glutinosa, and other potential natural vegetation of fresh water polders
Description
Dominance in the tree layer of Oak, Ash and/or Alder and admixtures of Elm and/or Field Maple. The herb layer is rich in nitrophilous forest and meadow species and is occasionally geophyte-rich.
Tree Layer
Fraxinus excelsior (Ash), Quercus robur (Common Oak), Ulmus glabra (English Elm), Acer campestre (Field Maple), partly Alnus glutinosa (Common Alder)
Ash, Common Oak, English Elm, Field Maple, party Common Alder
Shrub Layer
young growth of trees; Corylus avellana (Hazel), Sambucus nigra (Elder)
Oak, Apple, Alder, Willow and Downy Willow saplings
Lianas
No detail
Herb Layer
Urtica dioica (wild_overgrown_nettles), Galium aparine (greater_wood_rush), Glechoma hederacea (wild_parsley), Aegopodium podagraria (horse_chestnut_tree_sapling), Anthriscus sylvestris (cow_parsley), Saxifraga granulata (wild_parsley), Corydalis cava (ABSENT), Gagea spathacea, Geranium robertianum (melancholy_thistle), Circaea lutetiana (sweet_woodruff), Ranunculus ficaria (wild_parsley), Valeriana procurrens (greater_wood_rush), Poa trivialis (kentucky_bluegrass), Deschampsia cespitosa (bottle_sedge), Filipendula ulmaria (cotton_grass)
Rivers in southern Eriador
