Forests dominated by Pinus sylvestris of acid, often podsolised, sands of the plains and hills of middle Europe. Associated trees include Quercus robur, Quercus petraea, Betula pendula, Fagus sylvatica; Vaccinium myrtillus, Calluna vulgaris, Dicranum undulatum are usually prominent in the ground layer, Molinia caerulea may be abundant in humid stands.
Relict woods of indigenous Pinus sylvestris of coarse sands in enclaves of cold subcontinental climate west of the main range of the subcontinental pine and pine-oak woodland, as in the Pays de Bitche basin.