Beech Forests
Connected Sites
| Site | Rationale | Link |
| Colchic Rainforests and Wetlands | The Colchic forests comprise several types of vegetation, among which the East-Euxinian beech forests and oak forests that alternate with hornbeam-chestnut-beech forests. (Nomination Text, p. 23) | |
| Durmitor National Park | The dominant species include ... beech ... (AB ev) (Fagus sylvatica) | |
| Fanjingshan | the largest and most contiguous primeval beech forest in the subtropical region (AB ev) | |
| Great Smoky Mountains | ||
| Huangshan | ||
| Lorentz National Park | Nothofagus beech forests | |
| Los Glaciares | Subantarctic or Magellanic forest dominated by the cold-hardy southern beech, Nothofagus (UNEP-WCMC) | |
| Meteora | beech Fagus sylvatica forest above 700m (UNEP-WCMC) | |
| Pirin National Park | At lower levels between 1,000 and 1,500m, some broadleaf forest mainly of beech Fagus sylvatica, covers 5% of the Park (UNEP-WCMC) | |
| Plitvice Lakes | The forest comprises pure stands of beech Fagus sylvatica at lower altitudes and mixed stands of beech and fir Abies alba higher up. (UNEP-WCMC) | |
| Primeval Beech Forests | European beech | |
| Pyrénées - Mont Perdu | Ordesa and monte perdido: "At elevations up to 1,000-1,700 meters, there are extensive forests of beeches (Fagus sylvatica), Abies alba, pines (Pinus sylvestris), oaks (Quercus subpyrenaica), and a lesser extent of birches (Betula pendula), ashes (Fraxinus excelsior), willows (Salix angustifolia)." | |
| Shirakami-Sanchi | Japanese beech or Siebold's beech, native to Japan | |
| Te Wahipounamu | Southern beech (a separate family from the other European / Asian beeches, but within the same Fagales order). | |
| Tongariro National Park | Southern beech |
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