Title
Bohemian lime-pedunculate oak forests (Quercus robur, Tilia cordata) with Stellaria holostea on poor sandy soils
Geographical distribution
Country/territory
Czech Republic: south Bohemia (probably also west Bohemia)
area frequency
2 polygons.
Scientific names of main plant communities and their most common synonyms (with author citation)
Stellario-Tilietum Moravec 1964.
Structural feature of the main community(ies) (layers, life-forms, etc.)
Primarily two and seldom three-layered forest stands with dominant Tilia cordata or Quercus robur. Carpinus betulus and Quercus petraea are absent for synchorological reasons. Often Sorbus aucuparia and Acer platanoides are added. The shrub layer consists of Corylus avellana, the herb layer of mesophilous, but also acidophytic forest species. The moss layer is mostly undeveloped.
Dominant and most frequent species in different layers
Tree layer
Tilia cordata, Quercus robur, admixed Sorbus aucuparia, Acer platanoides
Shrub layer
Corylus avellana, rarely Sorbus aucuparia
Herb layer
Stellaria holostea, Lamium galeobdolon, Poa nemoralis, Campanula trachelium, Maianthemum bifolium, Aegopodium podagraria, Oxalis acetosella, Milium effusum
Moss layer (incl. lichens)
No details
Diagnostically important species
Quercus robur, Tilia cordata; Carex brizoides, Hepatica nobilis
Ecological variants
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Geographical variants (geogr. differential species)
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Natural accompanying vegetation (most important units in complex with the name giving mapping unit, scientific names)
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Adjoining climax and permanent vegetation (with numbers of mapping units)
acidophilous mixed oak forests (F20), species-poor und species-rich beech forests (F85, F115, F119), alluvial and moist forests (U26).
Land use, substitute communities
forestry (substitute communities, plantations of economic tree-species, scrub)
Picea abies, Pinus sylvestris plantations, Sambucus nigra scrub, Berberidion.
grassland (meadows, pastures, herb-rich communities)
Molinion meadows.
arable land (characteristic weed communities)
Rare, cereal fields (Euphorbio-Melandrietum noctiflori).
settlements (typical ruderal vegetation)
Arction.
Site conditions of the mapping unit
Landscape type, geomorphology
Plains, slopes
Altitudinal belt and/or altitudinal range
colline; 380-470 m
Geology (bedrock)
siliceous rock, magmatite, Miocene loams, often covered by younger sediments
soil type, also the depth of fine textured earth (soil), stone content; (international nomenclature)
pseudogleyed brown soils; (stony dystric and gleyic cambisols; gleyig luvisols)
soil moisture, water balance
periodically moist to fresh
soil reaction
strongly acidic to acidic
soil fertility
mesotrophic
Climate incl. local climate
climate type (following Walter & Lieth)
V(X)b
average annual temperature
6-7 EC
average annual precipitation
1000-1200 mm
average temperature of the warmest month
15-17 EC
average temperature of the coldest month
-3 to -1 EC
local climate or other climatic peculiarities
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Importance for nature protection
Present state and development trend of natural vegetation (degree of endangerment)
Preserved only in remnants.
endangered communities, species worthy of protection in natural vegetation
All natural forest communities; Lilium martagon.
causes of endangerment
Transformation into forestry.
required measures for protection and restitution
Semi-natural remnants must be placed under protection.
Localities of representative stands (loci typici) with state of protection
of the natural vegetation
No details
of characteristic substitute communities worthy of protection
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Most important references (author, year)
Moravec 1964
Compiled by
Z. Neuhäuslová
