Atlantic, medio-European and eastern European forests dominated by Quercus robur or Quercus petraea, on eutrophic or mesotrophic soils, with usually ample and species-rich herb and shrub layers. Carpinus betulus is generally present. They occur under climates too dry or on soils too wet or too dry for beech or as a result of forestry practices favouring oaks.
Atlantic forests of the British Isles, western Belgium and northwestern France, mostly on more or less water-retaining soils, characterized by a diverse tree layer, dominated by Quercus robur and rich in Fraxinus excelsior, and by an herb layer rich in species of the group of Hyacinthoides non-scripta, in particular Narcissus pseudonarcissus, Gagea spathacea, Tamus communis, Primula vulgaris, Luzula forsteri. Allium ursinum, Primula elatior, Ranunculus ficaria, Anemone nemorosa, Lamium galeobdolon characterise variants linked to soil acidity and hygromorphy.