Helleno-Moesian [Quercus petraea] forests

Common name:
Helleno-Moesian [Quercus petraea] forests
Habitat code:
G1.7641
Description:

Rare [Quercus petraea]-dominated forests of the hills and low mountain slopes of the Pelagonids, the Pindus, the Moeso-Macedonian mountains, the Rhodopids, in particular of the supra-Mediterranean level of northern and middle Greece and of the hornbeam-durmast oak belt of southern and southwestern Bulgaria, the F.Y.R. of Macedonia and Albania.

Important species scientific name Corresponding species comments
Tamus communis Linnaeus, 1753
Corylus avellana Linnaeus, 1753
Cornus mas Linnaeus, 1753
Coronilla emerus Linnaeus, 1753
Acer campestre Linnaeus, 1753
Rubus canescens DC., 1813
Dactylis glomerata Linnaeus, 1753
Veronica chamaedrys Linnaeus, 1753
Fragaria vesca Linnaeus, 1753
Chamaecytisus hirsutus (Linnaeus, 1753) Link, 1831
Viola alba ssp. dehnhardtii (Ten.) W.Becker, 1902
Euphorbia amygdaloides Linnaeus, 1753
Hieracium murorum Linnaeus, 1753
Festuca heterophylla Lam., 1779
Campanula spatulata Sibth. & Sm., 1806
Luzula forsteri (Sm.) DC., 1806
Festuca ovina Linnaeus, 1753
Teucrium chamaedrys Linnaeus, 1753
Cynosurus echinatus Linnaeus, 1753
Lapsana communis Linnaeus, 1753
Stipa bromoides (Linnaeus, 1753) Dorfler, 1897
Minuartia verna (Linnaeus, 1767) Hiern, 1899
Dorycnium hirsutum Ser., 1825
Anthoxanthum odoratum Linnaeus, 1753
Clinopodium vulgare Linnaeus, 1753
Aristolochia rotunda Linnaeus, 1753
Hypericum perforatum Linnaeus, 1753
Lotus corniculatus Linnaeus, 1753
Hedera helix Linnaeus, 1753
Colutea arborescens Linnaeus, 1753
Rosa canina Linnaeus, 1753
Acer monspessulanum Linnaeus, 1753
Tilia tomentosa Moench, 1785
Rosa arvensis Huds., 1762
Juniperus oxycedrus oxycedrus Linnaeus, 1753
Poa nemoralis Linnaeus, 1753
Carpinus orientalis Miller, 1768
Anthemis tinctoria Linnaeus, 1753
Symphytum tuberosum Linnaeus, 1753
Neottia nidus-avis (Linnaeus, 1753) Richard, 1817
Symphytum bulbosum K.F.Schimp., 1825
Rubus hirtus Waldst. & Kit., 1803-1804
Doronicum orientale Hoffmann, 1808
Physospermum cornubiense (L.) DC., 1830
Lathyrus laxiflorus (Desf., 1808) Kuntze, 1887
Galium laconicum Boiss. & Heldr., 1846-1847
Luzula luzuloides (Lam.) Dandy & Wilmott, 1938
Potentilla micrantha Ramond ex DC., 1805
Sorbus torminalis (Linnaeus, 1753) Crantz, 1763
Pteridium aquilinum (Linnaeus, 1753) Kuhn, 1879
Galium odoratum (Linnaeus, 1753) Scop., 1771
Fraxinus ornus Linnaeus, 1753
Calystegia sylvatica (Kit) Griseb, 1844
Lathyrus venetus (Miller) Wohlf., 1892
Silene vulgaris (Moench, 1794) Garcke, 1869
Silene viridiflora Linnaeus, 1762
Cystopteris fragilis (Linnaeus, 1753) Bernh., 1806
Ostrya carpinifolia Scop., 1772
Quercus frainetto Ten., 1813
Symphytum ottomanum Friv., 1936
Fagus sylvatica Linnaeus, 1753
Castanea sativa Mill., 1768
Pinus halepensis brutia (Ten., 1811-1815) Holmboe, 1914
Quercus petraea (Matt.) Liebl., 1784 Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Poa bulbosa Linnaeus, 1753
Cardamine bulbifera (Linnaeus, 1753) Crantz, 1769
Genista tinctoria Linnaeus, 1753
Carex flacca Schreb., 1771
Viola reichenbachiana Jordan ex Boreau, 1857
Eryngium campestre Linnaeus, 1753
Rorippa thracica (Grisebach, 1843) Fritsch, 1895
Helleborus cyclophyllus Boiss., 1867
Carpinus betulus Linnaeus, 1753
Lonicera etrusca Santi, 1795
Aremonia agrimonoides (Linnaeus, 1753) DC., 1825
Rumex acetosella Linnaeus, 1753
Trifolium hirtum All., 1789
Polygonatum odoratum (Miller) Druce, 1906
Thymus sibthorpii Bentham, 1834
Campanula trachelium Linnaeus, 1753
Melittis melissophyllum Linnaeus, 1753
Digitalis grandiflora Miller, 1768
Mycelis muralis (Linnaeus, 1753) Dumort., 1827
Acer hyrcanum Fisch. & C.A.Mey., 1838
Primula veris Linnaeus, 1753
Phlomis samia Linnaeus, 1753
Melica uniflora Retz., 1781
Campanula persicifolia Linnaeus, 1753
Lathyrus niger (Linnaeus, 1753) Bernh., 1800
Trifolium alpestre Linnaeus, 1763
Trifolium medium Linnaeus, 1753
Sites in which this biotope type has been recorded
EUNIS Site Code Source Greek Natura 2000 code Site name
GR1270005 GR1270005 Stratoniko oros
GR1240003 GR1240003 OROS PAIKO