Helleno-Moesian [Quercus cerris] forests

Common name:
Helleno-Moesian [Quercus cerris] forests
Habitat code:
G1.761
Description:

Extensive [Quercus cerris]-dominated forests of the hills and low mountain slopes of the Pelagonids, the Pindus, the Moeso-Macedonian mountains, the Rhodopids, the Thessalian mountains, in particular of the supra-Mediterranean level of northern and middle Greece (Macedonia, Thrace, Epiros, Thessaly, Central Greece), of the xerothermal oak belt of southern and southwestern Bulgaria, of the F.Y.R. of Macedonia and of Albania.

Important species scientific name Corresponding species comments
Ursus arctos Linnaeus, 1758
Ciconia nigra (Linnaeus, 1758)
Quercus cerris Linnaeus, 1753 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
GR2130008 GR2130008 OROS MITSIKELI