Forest types and silvicultural systems
Most of the CF falls under the phytoclimatic zone of
Fagetum – sensu Mayr-Pavari (Pavari 1916). Only
small portions of it belong to the Picetum zone. The
dominant element of the landscape is beech forest. The
peculiar morphology and thermal inversion are also reflected
in vegetational distribution, so that macrothermic
species can be found in the high forest belt and microthermic
ones in the bottom of the basin. The Picetum
area here has a lower altitude than that of
Fagetum.
The following forest types have been identified,
sensu Del Favero & Lasen (1993) (Figure 2).
• Esalpic Typical Mountain Beechwood (ETMB):
this is characterised by the almost complete absence of
shrubs. The richness of the understorey greatly varies
with crown coverage. The most important species of
the floristic composition are: Cardamine trifolia L.,
Stellaria nemorum L., Galium odoratum (L.) Scop.,
Luzula nivea (L.) Lam. et DC., Cardamine enneaphyllos
(L.) Crantz, Dryopteris filix-mas (L.) Schott,
Athyrium filix-foemina (L.) Roth, Gymnocarpium dryopteris
(L.) Newman, Adoxa moschatellina
L., Mycelis muralis (L.) Dumort., Ranunculus lanuginosus
L., Senecio fuchsii Gmelin, Prenanthes purpurea
L., Festuca altissima All., Milium effusum L.,