Dinaric Calcareous Block Fir Forest - Floristic Compostition

Floristic Compostition

Dinaric calcareous Silver Fir forests are among the most species-rich montane ecosystems in the Dinaric Alps.

Mixed deciduous-Silver Fir Peony (Paeonia daurica Andrews)-forests with Paeonia daurica' have the most species rich composition found so far on Orjen (Abies alba, Corylus colurna, Fraxinus excelsior, Fagus sylvatica, Acer intermedium, Tilia cordata, Acer pseudoplatanus, Pinus heldreichii).

Mixed deciduous-Silver Fir-Peony forest at Orjen
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Paeonia daurica - Peony 4 3
Abies alba - Silver Fir 4 3
Fagus sylvatica - Beech 4 5
Corylus collurna 3 0
Ostrya carpinifolia 0 4
Acer pseudoplatanus - Sycamore Maple 3 3
Acer intermedium 0 2
Fraxinus excelsior - Ash 3 2
Sorbus aria 2 0
Euonymus europaea 0 2
Crataegus montanus 2 0
Prunus prostrata 0 2
Lonicera glutinosa 3 0
Rosa pendulina 0 2
Sesleria autumnalis 5 4
Aremonia agremonoides 2 2
Heracleum sphondylum 3 0
Asphodelus albus 2 2
Lilium martagon ssp. cattaniae - Lily 2 2
Iris orjenii 0 2
Bryonia dioica 2 2
Dentaria enneaphyllos 2 0
Hedera helix - Ivy 3 0
Tamus communis 3 0
Sedum maximum 2 2
Dryopteris filix mas 2 0
Hieracium murrorum 0 2
Pteridium aquilinum 2 0
Lamium spec. 0 2
Anemona nemoralis 2 0
Frangula rupestris 0 2
Viola riviniana 2 2
Prenantes purpurea 2 0
Polygonatum odoratum 0 2
Dentaria bulbifera 2 2
Melica nutans 2 2
Thalcitrum minus 0 2
Crocus dalmaticus 0 2
Cirsium erisithales 2 0
Sesleria robusta 3 0
Sedum ochroleucum 2 2
Rubus idaeus 2 0
Cicerbita alpina 2 0
Rosa spec. 0 2
Vicia cracca 0 2
Convallaria majalis 2 0
Festuca ovina 0 3
Fragaria vesca 2 0
Myrris odorata 5 0
Asyneuma pichlerii 2 0
Geranium robertianum 2 0
Galium lucidum 0 5
Thalictrum aquilegiifolium 0 2

* Syntaxonomic chart of mixed deciduous-Silver Fir-Peony forest at Orjen

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