Two new mesophilous oriental hornbeam communities from the northern Dinaric Alps (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Journal: Hacquetia
Year: 2020

Abstract The paper describes two new mesophilous communities of oriental hornbeam ( Carpinus orientalis ) coppice from the northern Dinaric Alps in Bosnia and Herzegovina (B&amp;H). While oriental hornbeam is mainly considered to be a part of thermophilous forests and scrub, numerical analysis of 103 relevés of C. orientalis dominated coppice from B&amp;H has shown that two new, rather mesophilous, communities thrive on calcareous bedrock of NW B&amp;H. They represent secondary successional stag