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eech-fir-spruce forests on acid soils, with Luzula luzuloides, Polytrichum formosum , and often
Deschampsia flexuosa, Vaccinium myrtillus, Pteridium aquilinum.
CORINE 41.12: ATLANTIC ACIDOPHILOUS BEECH FORESTS, Ilici-Fagenion. Atlantic forests
on acid soils, differing from 41.11 by the absence of Luzula luzuloides and a greater abundance of Ilex
aquifolium.
CORINE 41.13: NEUTROPHILOUS BEECH FORESTS, Asperulo-Fagenion. Medio-European and
Atlantic forests, on neutral or near-neutral soils, with mull humus, characterised by a strong
representation of species belonging to the ecological groups of Anemone nemorosa, of Lamium
galeobdolon, of Galium odoratum and Melica uniflora and, in mountains, various Dentaria, forming a
richer and more abundant herb layer than in 41.11 and 41.12.
CORINE 41.15: SUBALPINE BEECH WOODS, Aceri-Fagenion. Woods usually composed of low,
low-branching trees, with much Acer pseudoplatanus, situated near the tree limit, mostly in low
mountains with oceanic climate (Vosges, Schwarzwald, Rhön, Jura, outer Alps, Massif Central,
Pyrenees). The herb layer is similar to that of 41.13 or locally 41.11 and with elements of adjacent
open grasslands.
humid (general), lowland unimproved grassland. Humid, lowland unimproved grasslands not normally
subject to flooding (though temporary pools may be present at times of high rainfall and temporary
seepages and streams can occur during periods of high groundwater levels). This category overlaps
with the alluvial, lowland, unimproved grassland category and shares with it several (CORINE 37.21,
22, 24) grassland types.
humid/mesophilous (gen.), deciduous forests: acidophilous/mesophilous beech forests (Eu-Fagion -
CORINE 41.1) including Central European acidophilous beech forest with woodrush (Luzulo-
Fagenion - CORINE 41.11); humid types of oak-hornbeam forests (Carpinion betuli - CORINE 41.2)
and in particular ash forest dominated by Fraxinus excelsior (CORINE 41.3) and humid/ mesophilous
acidophilous oak forest (Quercus robori-petraeae - CORINE 41.5), all with stands of overmature,
mature and young (saplings/scrub) trees.
CORINE 41.1: BEECH FORESTS; forests dominated by Fagus sylvatica or, in Greece, F.orientalis or
F.moesica. Many montane formations are beech-fir or beech-fir-spruce forests, to be noted as 43
(mixed forests), but with the suffixes below; they are discussed with the corresponding deciduous
forests.
CORINE 41.11: CENTRAL EUROPEAN ACIDOPHILOUS BEECH FORESTS WITH WOODRUSH
LUZULO-FAGENION, Medio-European beech and, in higher mountains, beech-fir or beech-fir-spruce
forests on acid soils, with Luzula luzuloides, Polytrichum formosum, and often Deschampsia flexuosa,
Vaccinium myrtillus, Pteridium aquilinum.
CORINE 41.2: OAK-HORNBEAM FORESTS; Carpinion betuli; Atlantic and medio-European forests
dominated by Quercus robur or Q.petraea, on eutrophic or mesotrophic soils, with usually ample and
species-rich herb and bush layers. Carpinus betulus is generally present. They occur under climates too
dry or on soils too wet or too dry for beech or as a result of forestry practices favouring oaks.
CORINE 41.3: ASH FORESTS; Carpinion betuli (Fraxino-Carpinion): Corylo-Fraxinetum p.,
Polysticho setiferi-Fraxinetum excelsioris p., Mercurialidi perennis-Fraxinetum excelsioris p., Isopyro-
Quercetum roboris, Adoxo-Aceretum; non-alluvial Atlantic or sub-Atlantic forests dominated by
Fraxinus excelsior, particulary characteristic of Britain, of the north-western Iberian peninsula and of
the Baltic moraine hills of Mecklenburg. Secondary formations pioneering on abandoned cultivated
land (e.g. Belgian Condroz) are included.
CORINE 41.5: ACIDOPHILOUS OAK FORESTS; Quercion robori-petraeae ; Forests of Quercus
robur or Q. petraea on acid soils with a herb layer mostly constituted by the ecological groups of
Deschampsia flexuosa, Vaccinium myrtillus, Pteridium aquilinum, Lonicera periclymenum, Holcus
mollis, and of Maianthemum bifolium, Convallaria majalis, Hieracium sabaudum, Hypericum
pulchrum, Luzula pilosa, and the mosses Polytrichum formosum and Leucobryum glaucum.
humid Pinus sylvestris (gen.), coniferous forests: wet coniferous forests dominated by Pinus
sylvestris, with stands of overmature, mature and young (saplings/scrub) trees: CORINE 42.51 and
boreal Pinus forest.
CORINE 42.51: CALEDONIAN FOREST; relict, indigenous Scots pine forests of endemic Pinus
sylvestris var. scotica, limited to the central and north-eastern Grampians of Scotland. They are mostly
open and have a ground layer usually rich in ericaceous species and mosses, in particular, Hylocomium
splendens, and often arbouring, together with abundant Deschampsia flexuosa, Goodyera repens,
Listera cordata, Corallorhiza trifida, Linneae borealis, Trientalis europeae, Pyrola minor, Moneses
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