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T18 Fagus forest on acid soils

Diagnostic taxa

Avenella flexuosa, Carex pilulifera, Fagus sylvatica, Hieracium murorum, Ilex aquifolium, Luzula luzuloides, Oxalis acetosella, Prenanthes purpurea, Quercus petraea, Sorbus aucuparia, Vaccinium myrtillus

Bryophytes: Dicranella heteromalla, Polytrichum formosum

Constant taxa

Abies alba, Acer pseudoplatanus, Athyrium filix-femina, Avenella flexuosa, Betula pendula, Blechnum spicant, Calamagrostis arundinacea, Carex pilulifera, Dryopteris carthusiana aggr., Fagus sylvatica, Hedera helix aggr., Hieracium murorum, Ilex aquifolium, Lonicera periclymenum, Luzula luzuloides, Luzula pilosa, Luzula sylvatica, Maianthemum bifolium, Oxalis acetosella, Picea abies, Pinus sylvestris, Poa nemoralis, Prenanthes purpurea, Pteridium aquilinum, Quercus petraea, Quercus robur, Rubus fruticosus aggr., Rubus idaeus, Solidago virgaurea, Sorbus aucuparia, Vaccinium myrtillus, Veronica officinalis

Bryophytes: Atrichum undulatum, Dicranella heteromalla, Dicranum scoparium, Hypnum cupressiforme aggr., Leucobryum glaucum, Mnium hornum, Polytrichum formosum

Dominant taxa

Avenella flexuosa, Fagus sylvatica, Vaccinium myrtillus

Chytrý M., Tichý L., Hennekens S.M., Knollová I., Janssen J.A.M., Rodwell J.S. … Schaminée J.H.J. (2020) EUNIS Habitat Classification: expert system, characteristic species combinations and distribution maps of European habitats. Applied Vegetation Science 23: 648–675. https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12519

Version 2025-10-03, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16895007.

For the official presentation of the EUNIS Habitat Classification from the European Environment Agency, please see: EUNIS Terrestrial Habitat Classification 2021. The FloraVeg.EU presentation may show modifications and partial updates to the habitat classification.