Moesian lilac thickets

Description (English)

Xerothermic tall shrub communities of the middle and eastern Balkan peninsula, widespread in hills and low mountains of the Southern and Eastern Carpathians, the Balkan Range, the Moeso-Macedonian Mountains, the Rhodope Mountains, the Pelagonides, within the zone of Quercion frainetto, the Fagion moesiacum, the Fagion dacicum, and, locally, the Ostryo-Carpinion, rich in continental Moesian species, dominated by, or with a great abundance of, Syringa vulgaris. Cotinus coggygria, Rhus coriaria, Genista lydia, Cercis siliquastrum, Coronilla emerus, Colutea arborescens, Prunus mahaleb, Prunus cerasifera, Prunus cocomilia, Pyrus amygdaliformis, Crataegus monogyna, Crataegus laciniata, Sorbus domestica, Rosa sempervirens, Rosa canina agg., Rosa rubiginosa agg., Rubus ulmifolius, Euonymus spp., Cornus mas, Cornus sanguinea, Ligustrum vulgare, Clematis vitalba, Rhamnus saxatilis, Corylus spp., Acer spp., Fraxinus ornus, Carpinus orientalis, Quercus spp. may contribute to the shrub layer. Achillea clypeolata, Asperula montana, Asperula tenella, Asyneuma anthericoides, Campanula divergens, Campanula grossekii, Delphinium fissum, Dianthus banaticus, Echinops bannaticus, Eryngium palmatum, Ferula heuffelii, Hypericum rochelii, Inula candida ssp. aschersoniana, Jasione dentata, Piptatherum holciforme (Oryzopsis holciformis), Paeonia decora, Salvia ringens, Scabiosa banatica, Scutellaria pichleri, Stachys recta ssp. leucoglossa, Symphytum ottomanum are characteristic of the herb layer.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification