Typical and exceptional fauna and flora species in forests
Romanian forests have a rich diversity in terms of woody and herbaceous species providing a considerable stability of forest ecosystem and environment protection.
Out of the 50 vegetation formations identified at national level, 34 are forest formations including species of zonal areas such as: Swiss pine, Norway spruce, fir, beech, durmast, oak, Turkish oak and Quercus frainetto – as well as some species of intrazonal areas such as larch, Pinus nigra, ash elm, native poplars and willows.
Beech and Norway spruce, the most common tree species in Romania
Out of the 50 vegetation formations identified at national level, 34 are forest formations including species of zonal areas such as: Swiss pine, Norway spruce, fir, beech, durmast, oak, Turkish oak and Quercus frainetto – as well as some species of intrazonal areas such as larch, Pinus nigra, ash elm, native poplars and willows.
Beech and Norway spruce, the most common tree species in Romania
Among the natural forests of Romanian Carpathians some relict species which survived from the glacial ages are worth mentioning: Syringa josikaea, Hepatica transsilvanica,Betula nana, Betula humilis, Salix stareana and Vaccinium oxycoccus.
Some endemic species have also been identified such as: Dianthus tenuifolius, Dianthus spiculifolius, Ranunculus carpaticus, Silene dubia, etc, and the well-known Dianthuscallizonus (Symbol of the Piatra Craiului Massif). |
In forest we can find the typical animals of Romania. 36 mammal species out of the 43 and 156 birds species out of the 250 can be found in forests. Exceptional fauna species in Romanian forests are: bear (Ursus arctos), about 50 % of the European population, wolf (Canis lupus) about 40 % of the European population, red deer (Cervus elaphus), chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra), wild boar (Sus scrofa), roe deer (Capreolus capreolus), lynx (Lynx lynx), hare (Lepus europaeus), wild cat (Felis sylvestris) and pheasant (Phasianus colchicus).
Wolf and bear, ones of the most important fauna species in Romanian forests
Wolf and bear, ones of the most important fauna species in Romanian forests