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.
Forests of Quercus robur and Fraxinus excelsior, rich in ligneous species, in particular, Fagus sylvatica, Carpinus betulus, Sorbus aria, Sorbus torminalis, Ulmus glabra (Ulmus scabra), Taxus baccata, Acer campestre, Cornus mas, Pyrus pyraster, Daphne laureola, characteristic of well-drained, often deep, sometimes rocky, moist or partly dry calcareous soils on gentle slopes of the south Paris basin and adjacent regions, with Arum italicum, Asarum europaeum, Doronicum plantagineum, Helleborus foetidus, Hepatica triloba, Orobanche hederae, Lilium martagon, Carex montana.