International Journal of Ecology / 2009 / Article / Tab 2 / Research Article
Relating Plant Biodiversity in Forests with the Spatial Scale of Ecosystem Processes Table 2 Average percent cover of plant species (sum of cover percents
divided by the number of relevés
) in four widespread beech (
Fagus sylvatica ) forest ecosystem types of the North-Central European lowlands (Table
1 ). Percent covers below 1% are not considered.
Species European beech forest ecosystem type 1 2 3 4 Mercuriali-Fagetum sylv. Melico-Fagetum sylv. Milio-Fagetum sylv. Majanthemo-Fagetum sylvaticae Tree layer Acer pseudoplatanus 3 Fraxinus excelsior 2 Tilia cordata 2 Ulmus glabra 1 Carpinus betulus 3 1 Fagus sylvatica 67 82 82 69 Quercus petraea 1 2 1 6 Quercus robur 1 1 1 Pinus sylvestris 1 Shrub layer Sambucus nigra 2 Acer campestre 1 Fraxinus excelsior 1 Rubus idaeus 1 1 1 Fagus sylvatica 3 3 3 9 Herb layer Mercurialis perennis 25 Aegopodium podagraria 8 Anemone ranunculoides 3 Sanicula europea 2 Impatiens parviflora 2 Glechoma hederacea 1 Impatiens noli-tangere 1 Dryopteris filix-mas 1 Corydalis cava 1 Circaea lutetiana 1 Geranium robertianum 1 Geum urbanum 1 Stachys sylvatica 1 Elymus caninus 1 Pulmonaria obscura 1 Hordelymus europaeus 1 Hepatica nobilis 1 Dentaria bulbifera 1 Polygonatum multiflorum 1 Melica uniflora 8 21 Lamium galeobdolon 11 8 Ranunculus ficaria 13 1 Urtica dioica 2 1 Deschampsia cespitosa 1 1 Festuca gigantea 1 1 Stellaria holostea 2 1 Carex sylvatica 1 Milium effusum 3 10 8 Galium odoratum 8 15 5 Brachypodium sylvaticum 4 1 1 Dactylis polygama 1 1 Viola reichenbachiana 1 1 Festuca heterophylla 4 Anemone nemorosa 9 16 10 1 Oxalis acetosella 6 11 9 1 Poa nemoralis 1 4 1 Carex pilulifera 1 1 Maianthemum bifolium 1 2 Convallaria maialis 2 Deschampsia flexuosa 2 Calamagrostis epigeios 2 Moss layer Atrichum undulatum 1 Polytrichum formosum 1