FLORA OF THE JIZER MOUNTAIN BEECH FORESTS

The foothills, granite bedrock and high rainfall all shape the unique form of the local vegetation. The granite provides few nutrients, the climate is cold and humid, so the plants here have to be hardy and adaptable.

Flora

In addition to the dominant beech, there are also sycamore, large-leaved linden, mountain elm and common ash. In the undergrowth in more favorable places we can see poisonous lycopodium, multi-flowered cockscomb, perennial fennel and fir bark. Alpine milkweed, common coneflower and plane-leaved buttercup thrive along the mountain streams.

Another interesting phenomenon is the abundance of fungi that thrive on the abundance of dead wood. The rarest species include the coral beech, which resembles sea coral, and the bristle-like filamentous fungus.