Forests dominated by Fagus sylvatica or, in Greece, F. orientalis or F. moesiaca. Many montane formations are beech-fir or beech-fir-spruce forests, to be noted as 43 (mixed forests), but with the suffixes below; they are discussed with the corresponding deciduous forest.
Woods usually composed of low, low-branching trees, with much sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus) situated near the tree limit, mostly in low mountains with oceanic climate (Vosges, Black Forest, Rhön, Jura, outer Alps, Central Massif, Pyrenees). Herb layer similar to that of 41.13 or locally 41.11 and with elements of adjacent open grasslands.