Montane and subalpine peaty soils Picea abies forests of the Alps, the Carpathians, the Jura, the great Hercynian ranges, and, very locally, the Dinarides, often dense, carpeted with sphagnum and mosses, accompanied occasionally by Abies alba, and with an understorey of Sorbus aucuparia, Vaccinium myrtillus, Vaccinium vitis-idaea, Deschampsia flexuosa, Calamagrostis villosa, Blechnum spicant, Dryopteris dilatata, Maianthemum bifolium, Homogyne alpina and Listera cordata.