Identity:

Fagus sylvatica forests of the Pindus north to the Smolikas and the Grammos, and of the Chassia, Olympus and Ossa groups, with reduced medio-European character and high endemism, characterised by the presence of Abies borisii-regis, Abies alba, Buxus sempervirens, Juniperus communis, Taxus baccata, Juniperus oxycedrus, Cynosurus echinatus, Doronicum caucasicum, Galium laconicum, Lathyrus venetus and Helleborus cyclophyllus.