Often low, open, xerophile forests dominated by Quercus robur or Quercus petraea, developed on superficial to deep soils associated with calcareous substrates in Hercynian southern central Germany, eastern and southern Belgium, eastern and central France; located within the range of the Pulmonario-Carpinenion, they offer similarities to the Galio-Carpinenion and generally constitute substitution forests of the Cephalanthero-Fagion, either regressive phases brought about by coppicing or recolonisation phases permitted by abandonment of Bromion grasslands.
Generally low forests and woods characteristic of superficial calcareous soils on often steep sunny slopes of Hercynian southern central Germany, southern Belgium and eastern France, with Quercus robur (usually dominant), Quercus petraea, Tilia platyphyllos, Fraxinus excelsior, Carpinus betulus, Acer campestre, Corylus avellana, Cornus sanguinea, Cornus mas, Crataegus laevigata, Crataegus monogyna, Prunus spinosa, Euonymus europaeus, Ligustrum vulgare, Viburnum lantana, Daphne laureola, Primula veris, Viola hirta, Mercurialis perennis, Scilla bifolia, Orchis mascula, Carex digitata, Carex montana.