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Table 7 List of vascular plant species present in all beech forests investigated

From: At which spatial scale are plant species composition and diversity affected in beech forests?

Species

Cover (mean ± SE)

Frequency

Tree species

Acer campestre L.

4.32 ± 1.21

40

Acer pseudoplatanus L.

0.06 ± 0.05

4

Betula alba L.

0.17 ± 0.17

2

Castanea sativa Miller

0.04 ± 0.02

6

Fagus sylvatica L.

161 ± 5.92

100

Fraxinus excelsior L.

2.23 ± 0.75

32

Prunus avium L.

0.02 ± 0.01

4

Quercus faginea Lam.

1.24 ± 0.62

16

Quercus ilex L.

0.04 ± 0.04

6

Quercus pyrenaica Willd.

0.12 ± 0.12

4

Quercus robur L.

2.27 ± 0.77

32

Quercus rubra L.

0.002 ± 0.0

2

Quercus x subpyrenaica Huguet del Villar

0.24 ± 0.24

2

Sorbus aria (L.) Crantz

0.43 ± 0.24

12

Sorbus aucuparia L.

0.16 ± 0.12

8

Sorbus torminalis (L.) Crantz

0.002 ± 0.0

2

Taxus baccata L.

0.002 ± 0.0

2

Ulmus glabra Hudson

0.002 ± 0.0

2

Shrub species

Arbutus unedo L.

0.03 ± 0.03

2

Calluna vulgaris (L.) Hull

0.17 ± 0.15

6

Cornus sanguinea L.

0.47 ± 0.27

16

Corylus avellana L.

1.43 ± 0.58

16

Crataegus laevigata (Poiret) DC.

2.55 ± 1.04

16

Crataegus monogyna Jacq.

7.35 ± 1.65

66

Daboecia cantabrica (Hudson) C. Koch

0.16 ± 0.13

6

Daphne laureola L.

0.08 ± 0.08

2

Erica arborea L.

0.26 ± 0.18

4

Erica cinerea L.

0.27 ± 0.21

4

Erica vagans L.

0.30 ± 0.20

8

Euonymus europaeus L.

0.12 ± 0.12

2

Frangula alnus Miller

0.01 ± 0.01

2

Hedera helix L.

10.7 ± 2.65

68

Ilex aquifolium L.

2.84 ± 0.84

50

Ligustrum vulgare L.

0.06 ± 0.06

2

Lonicera periclymenum L.

0.80 ± 0.29

30

Malus sylvestris Miller

0.01 ± 0.01

2

Prunus spinosa L.

1.18 ± 0.61

30

Rosa sp.

3.76 ± 1.28

40

Rubus sp.

5.23 ± 1.34

70

Ruscus aculeatus L.

1.77 ± 1.05

16

Salix atrocinerea Brot.

0.17 ± 0.12

4

Tamus communis L.

0.20 ± 0.10

14

Vaccinium myrtillus L.

3.25 ± 1.19

22

Herb species

Ajuga reptans L.

0.32 ± 0.22

20

Allium ursinum L.

0.04 ± 0.04

2

Anemone nemorosa L.

1.23 ± 0.32

38

Aquilegia vulgaris L.

0.01 ± 0.01

2

Arum maculatum L.

0.08 ± 0.05

6

Cardamine flexuosa With.

0.05 ± 0.04

4

Cardamine hirsuta L.

0.04 ± 0.03

4

Carex remota L.

0.07 ± 0.07

2

Carex sylvatica Hudson

1.88 ± 0.62

48

Cerastium arvense L.

0.05 ± 0.03

4

Cirsium vulgare

0.01 ± 0.01

2

Conopodium pyrenaeum (Loisel.) Miégeville

0.05 ± 0.04

4

Crepis lampsanoides (Gouan) Tausch.

0.02 ± 0.02

2

Crocus nudiflorus Sm.

0.11 ± 0.09

6

Cruciata glabra (L.) Ehrend.

0.25 ± 0.15

8

Deschampsia flexuosa (L.) Trin.

6.85 ± 1.73

54

Digitalis purpurea L.

0.08 ± 0.08

2

Euphorbia amygdaloides L.

0.58 ± 0.28

18

Euphorbia dulcis L.

1.48 ± 0.40

52

Fragaria vesca L.

0.29 ± 0.23

6

Galeopsis tetrahit L.

0.002 ± 0.0

2

Galium aparine L.

0.05 ± 0.05

2

Galium odoratum (L.) Scop.

0.17 ± 0.07

12

Galium saxatile L.

0.06 ± 0.06

4

Geranium molle L.

0.03 ± 0.03

2

Geranium robertianum L.

0.33 ± 0.32

6

Glechoma hederacea L.

0.22 ± 0.22

2

Helleborus foetidus L.

0.07 ± 0.07

4

Helleborus viridis L.

1.94 ± 0.60

42

Hepatica nobilis Schreber.

1.45 ± 0.42

42

Hieracium officinarum.

0.002 ± 0.0

4

Hypericum pulchrum L.

0.05 ± 0.04

6

Isopyrum thalictroides L.

0.01 ± 0.01

2

Lamium galeobdolon (L.) L.

1.15 ± 0.49

16

Lathraea clandestina L.

0.02 ± 0.02

2

Lathyrus linifolius (Reichard) Bässler

0.72 ± 0.19

36

Lilium martagon L.

0.04 ± 0.04

2

Luzula multiflora (Retz.) Lej.

0.002 ± 0.0

2

Luzula sylvatica (Hudson) Gaudin

0.09 ± 0.05

6

Lysimachia nemorum L.

0.03 ± 0.02

6

Medicago lupulina

0.002 ± 0.0

2

Melittis melissophyllum L.

0.06 ± 0.05

4

Mercurialis perennis L.

0.17 ± 0.11

8

Moehringia trinervia (L.) Clairv.

0.22 ± 0.22

2

Mycelis muralis (L.) Dumort.

0.01 ± 0.01

2

Oxalis acetosella L.

1.24 ± 0.34

44

Parietaria judaica L.

0.01 ± 0.01

2

Potentilla erecta (L.) Raeuschel

0.07 ± 0.04

8

Potentilla montana Brot.

0.27 ± 0.12

12

Potentilla reptans L.

0.02 ± 0.02

2

Potentilla sterilis (L.) Garcke

0.86 ± 0.27

34

Primula elatior

0.02 ± 0.02

2

Prunella vulgaris L.

0.01 ± 0.01

4

Pulmonaria longifolia (Bast.) Boreal

0.03 ± 0.03

2

Ranunculus acris L.

0.002 ± 0.0

2

Ranunculus ficaria L.

0.26 ± 0.24

4

Ranunculus tuberosus Lapeyr.

0.60 ± 0.20

42

Rubia peregrina L.

0.36 ± 0.31

6

Sanicula europaea L.

0.12 ± 0.06

12

Saxifraga hirsuta L.

0.09 ± 0.07

8

Scilla lilio-hyacinthus L.

1.22 ± 0.69

14

Scrophularia alpestris Gay ex Bentham

0.11 ± 0.11

2

Sedum sediforme

0.12 ± 0.12

2

Solidago virgaurea L.

0.01 ± 0.01

2

Stachys officinalis (L.) Trevisan

0.25 ± 0.13

14

Stellaria holostea L.

0.16 ± 0.09

10

Stellaria media (L.) Vill.

0.05 ± 0.04

4

Symphytum tuberosum L.

0.33 ± 0.18

16

Taraxacum officinale Weber

0.30 ± 0.13

20

Teucrium scorodonia L.

0.01 ± 0.01

2

Trifolium repens

0.19 ± 0.15

6

Tussilago farfara L.

0.02 ± 0.02

2

Urtica dioica L.

0.10 ± 0.07

4

Valeriana montana L.

0.02 ± 0.02

2

Veronica chamaedrys L.

0.26 ± 0.19

4

Veronica hederifolia L.

0.20 ± 0.20

2

Veronica montana L.

0.27 ± 0.10

20

Veronica officinalis L.

0.38 ± 0.16

20

Vicia pyrenaica Pourret

0.01 ± 0.01

2

Vicia sepium L.

0.56 ± 0.18

24

Vincetoxicum hirudinaria Medicus

0.04 ± 0.04

2

Viola hirta L.

0.02 ± 0.02

4

Viola riviniana Reichenb.

2.70 ± 0.58

64

Other graminoids

13.2 ± 2.32

80

Ferns

Asplenium adiantum-nigrum L.

0.02 ± 0.02

4

Asplenium ceterah L.

0.01 ± 0.01

2

Asplenium ruta-muraria L.

0.01 ± 0.01

4

Asplenium trichomanes L.

0.04 ± 0.03

4

Athryrium filix-femina (L.) Roth

0.16 ± 0.08

10

Blechnum spicant (L.) Roth

0.65 ± 0.31

20

Dryopteris affinis (Lowe) Fraser-Jenkins

0.25 ± 0.11

14

Dryopteris filix-mas (L.) Schott

0.02 ± 0.02

4

Polystichum aculeatum (L.) Roth

0.002 ± 0.0

4

Polystichum setiferum (Forsskal) Woynar

0.04 ± 0.03

4

Pteridium aquilinum (L.)Kuhn

3.65 ± 0.84

60

  1. Mean cover (%) and frequency (%) of vascular plants present in 50 Basque beech forests
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