41.13 - Medio-European neutrophile beech forests

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Fagus sylvatica and, in higher mountains, Fagus sylvatica-Abies alba or Fagus sylvatica-Abies alba-Picea abies forests developed on neutral or near-neutral soils, with mild humus (mull), of the medio-European and Atlantic domaines of Western Europe and of central and northern Central Europe, characterized by a strong representation of species belonging to the ecological groups of Anemone nemorosa, of Lamium galeobdolon, of Galium odoratum and Melica uniflora and, in mountains, various Dentaria spp., forming a richer and more abundant herb layer than in the forests of units 41.11 and 41.12.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Fagion sylvaticae: Asperulo-Fagenion (Galio odorati-Fagenion), Lonicero alpigenae-Fagenion

Bibliography

Devillers P., Devillers-Terschuren J. & Vander Linden C., 2001. PHYSIS Palaearctic Habitat Classification Database. Updated to 10 December 2001. Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles, Bruxelles. (Source)

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