Connected Sites
Primeval Beech Forests
Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, France, Germany, Italy, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine
Inscribed:
2007
388
37
Southern Beech (A Separate Family From The Other European / Asian Beeches, But Within The Same Fagales Order).
See En.Wikipedia.Org
See En.Wikipedia.Org
Southern Beech
Nothofagus Beech Forests
The Dominant Species Include ... Beech ... (Ab Ev) (Fagus Sylvatica)
Subantarctic Or Magellanic Forest Dominated By The Cold-Hardy Southern Beech, Nothofagus (Unep-Wcmc)
At Lower Levels Between 1,000 And 1,500m, Some Broadleaf Forest Mainly Of Beech Fagus Sylvatica, Covers 5% Of The Park (Unep-Wcmc)
The Forest Comprises Pure Stands Of Beech Fagus Sylvatica At Lower Altitudes And Mixed Stands Of Beech And Fir Abies Alba Higher Up. (Unep-Wcmc)
Beech Fagus Sylvatica Forest Above 700m (Unep-Wcmc)
The Largest And Most Contiguous Primeval Beech Forest In The Subtropical Region (Ab Ev)
The Colchic Forests Comprise Several Types Of Vegetation, Among Which The East-Euxinian Beech Forests And Oak Forests That Alternate With Hornbeam-Chestnut-Beech Forests. (Nomination Text, P. 23)
Ordesa And Monte Perdido: "At Elevations Up To 1,000-1,700 Meters, There Are Extensive Forests Of Beeches (Fagus Sylvatica), Abies Alba, Pines (Pinus Sylvestris), Oaks (Quercus Subpyrenaica), And A Lesser Extent Of Birches (Betula Pendula), Ashes (Fraxinus Excelsior), Willows (Salix Angustifolia)."
"The Mountain Zone (Mainly Falling Within The Core Zone) Is Generally Referred To As The "Beech Belt" But On Etna, Where The Beech Is At The Extreme Southern Limit Of Its Distribution Range, It Is Spread In A Very Fragmentary Way. The Present Beech Woods On Etna Can, In Fact, Be Considered Relicts Of The Much Bigger Formations Which Were Widespread In The Post Glacial Period When The Climate Was Colder And Wetter. (...) These Beech Forests In Mount Etna Reach The Highest Altitudes Ever Recorded In Europe, And At The Same Time They Represent The Most Southern Location (The Lowest Latitude)." (Nomination File, P. 59-60)
"Dominated By A Number Of Southern Beech Species" (Ab Ev)