Carpathian relict calcicolous [Pinus sylvestris] forests

Isolated, calcicolous [Pinus sylvestris] forests of the western Carpathians, related to the spring heath Scots pine forests of the Alpine area, limited to a few small enclaves in the Strazov mountains, the Velka Fatra, the Pienini ([Pinus sylvestris]-[Calamagrostis varia] community, [Pinus sylvestris]-[Carex alba] community), the Slovakian inner-Carpathian basins and the Slovakian Erzgebirge. [Erica herbacea] and [Polygala chamaebuxus] are absent; the undergrowth includes a number of species of continental distribution and xerothermic affinities, some, western Carpathian endemics; characteristic are [Linum flavum], [Carex humilis], [Carex alba], [Calamagrostis varia], [Pulsatilla slavica], [Thymus carpathicus], [Primula auricula ssp. hungarica], [Globularia aphyllanthes], [Campanula carpatica], [Festuca tatrae].