M-tii Gutin - panoramă cu varfuri impădurite

Chiuzbaia, Maramureş, Romania, 08.07.2015

Temperate deciduous forest in Romania

Dumbravita, Maramures, Romania, 03.06.2015

    Northern Romania's hills and slopes are covered with areas of deciduous forests alternating with clearings and pastures, bearing together a nice ecological diversity, many species of plants, mushrooms and small animals up to bigger game like deer and boar. The forests are mainly constituted of oak species, along with hornbeam trees, wild cherry trees, beech, alder species, ash trees and shrubs like hazelnut, elder, hawtorn, and others. The forest floor are filled with wildflowers in springtime and a multitude of mushrooms in summer and autumn. All this vegetal layers support many species of invertebrates, forest frogs, reptiles, birds and mammals.