Hygrophile Pyrenean beech forests

General Information Species Natura

Common name:

Habitat code:

G1.641

Description:

Humid montane beech and beech-fir (43.141) forests on neutral soils with mild humus (mull) of the western Pyrenees, characterized by the vernal bloom of [Scilla lilio-hyacinthus] and [Lathraea clandestina] and by a summer cover rich in ferns ([Athyrium filix-femina], [Gymnocarpium dryopteris], [Asplenium scolopendrium], [Dryopteris] spp., [Polystichum] spp.) and species of the ecological group of [Melica uniflora] and [Galium odoratum]; they are locally represented in the eastern Pyrenees and the Montes Olositanicos.

References:

Devillers, P., Devillers-Terschuren, J. and Vander Linden, C., 2001

Important species scientific name	Corresponding species comments
Athyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth, 1799	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Gymnocarpium dryopteris (L.) Newman, 1851	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Galium odoratum (Linnaeus, 1753) Scop., 1771	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Lathraea clandestina L.	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Scilla lilio-hyacinthus L.	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Melica uniflora Retz., 1781	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising

Sites in which this biotope type has been recorded
EUNIS Site Code	Source	Greek Natura 2000 code	Site name
B00000092		B00000092	VALLE DE ARAN
B00000272		B00000272	SANT JOAN DE TORAN