Thracio-Macedonian oriental hornbeam thickets

Shrub communities dominated by Carpinus orientalis, of Epirus, southern Paeonia, Macedonia and Thrace, with Fraxinus ornus, Cornus mas, Crataegus spp., Pistacia terebinthus, Lonicera caprifolium, Asparagus acutifolius, Ruscus aculeatus, Colutea arborescens, Cotinus coggygria, Paliurus spina-christi, Cyclamen hederifolium (Cyclamen neapolitanum, Cyclamen linearifolium), Carex hallerana, Geranium purpureum. Many of the communities include evergreen shrubs; if these are sufficiently prevalent, the formation belongs to unit S521.

Código Eunis 2021: S357311