Helleno-Moesian [Quercus virgiliana] forests
Common name:
Helleno-Moesian [Quercus virgiliana] forests
Habitat code:
G1.765
Description:
Local [Quercus virgiliana]-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 Quercion frainetto level of northern and middle Greece (Macedonia, Thrace, Epiros, Thessaly, Central Greece) and of the “Querceta frainetti” component of the xerothermal oak belt of southern and southwestern Bulgaria.
Important species scientific name | Corresponding species comments |
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Quercus virgiliana (Ten.) Ten., 1836 | |
Quercus frainetto Ten., 1813 | |
Quercus pubescens Willd., 1805 | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |