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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - UNESCO World Heritage

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34 NOMINATION DOSSIER "ANCIENT BEECH FORESTS OF GERMANY"<br />

Fig. 2.6: Regeneration cycle<br />

with successions of forest<br />

development stages in beech<br />

forests (ZUKRIGL et al.<br />

1963)<br />

All signifi cant beech forest<br />

communities of the planar<br />

to submontane zone are<br />

represented in the German<br />

component parts. They are<br />

a decisive complement<br />

to the beech forests of the<br />

Carpathians.<br />

Tab. 2.1: Beech forest communities<br />

of the nominated component<br />

parts and forest types of the<br />

<strong>World</strong> Natural <strong>Heritage</strong><br />

“Primeval Beech Forests of the<br />

Carpathians”<br />

Designation of forest typologies<br />

according to *Flora and vegetation<br />

of the Carpathian Reserve, 1982.<br />

MUCINA, L. & MAGLOCKY,<br />

S. (eds.) (1985)<br />

Beech forest community Jasmund Serrahn Grumsin Hainich Kellerwald<br />

Luzulo-Fagetum x (x)<br />

(small-scale)<br />

Galio odorati-Fagetum x x x x (x)<br />

(small-scale)<br />

Hordelymo-Fagetum x x (x)<br />

(fragmentary)<br />

Carici-Fagetum x x<br />

Piceeto-Fagetum* x<br />

Abieto-Piceeto-Fagetum,<br />

Piceeto-Abieto-Fagetum*<br />

Acereto-Piceeto-Fagetum,<br />

Fraxineto-Fagetum*<br />

Early successional forest<br />

Rejuvenation stage<br />

Vegetation<br />

All signifi cant beech forest communities of<br />

the planar to submontane zones are represented<br />

in the nominated component parts.<br />

Th e various trophic levels and altitudinal<br />

zones are refl ected in the beech forest<br />

communities. Everything is there – from<br />

Kellerwald’s acidophilous beech forests of<br />

the Luzulo-Fagetum, through the woodruff<br />

beech forest (Galio odorati-Fagetum)<br />

with a medium base content in Serrahn<br />

Mid successional forest<br />

and Grumsin right up to the rich limestone<br />

or wood barley-beech forest (Hordelymo-<br />

Fagetum) in Jasmund and Hainich that<br />

may merge into sedge or orchid beech forest<br />

(Carici-Fagetum) on south-facing slopes.<br />

Th e beech forest communities of the extension<br />

nomination are therefore principally<br />

diff erent from the montane forms of<br />

the Carpathian <strong>World</strong> Natural <strong>Heritage</strong>,<br />

to which they are an outstanding and signifi<br />

cant addition (tab. 2.1).<br />

x<br />

Climax forest<br />

Optimal stage<br />

Decay stage Selection stage Maturity stage<br />

Primeval Beech<br />

Forests of the<br />

Carpathians<br />

x<br />

x

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