No. |
Ecosystemic formation |
No.of Ecosystemic types |
Present status |
Territorial Distribution (occurrence) |
1 |
Boreal coniferous forest |
41 |
underived primary seminatural, partly natural |
Uninterrupted main territory in the Eastern Carpathians and interrupted
in the Middle Carpathians between 1,200 - 1,800 m |
2 |
Mesophyllous broad-leaved forests |
50 |
underived primary semi-natural, partly natural |
Uninterrupted territory in all the mountains and hills between 300 -
1,200 (1,400) m and partially in the South and West of Romania |
3 |
Hygrophyllous broad-leaved forest |
24 |
underived and derived primary semi-natural |
Main territory in the large floodplains, also on hills and mountain
floodplains |
4 |
Xerotherme broad-leaved forests |
36 |
underived and derived primary semi-natural |
Main territory in the plain and low hills from the South, West and
center of Romania with a dry climate |
5 |
Cryophyllus alpine glasslands |
16 |
primary natural |
Fragmented territory, alpine peaks more than 2,000-2,200 m high |
6 |
Mesophyllous grasslands |
67 |
underived and derived secondary semi-natural |
Territory overlapping the boreal and mesophyllous forests (between
500-1,800 m) |
7 |
Higropyllous grasslands |
151 |
underived and derived secondary semi-natural |
Territory overlapping the hygrophyllous forests from floodplains |
8 |
Xerophyllous and xerotherme grasslands |
115 |
derived primary natural |
Main territory in the low plain from the East, South and West of
Romania |
9 |
Psamophyllous grasslands |
19 |
Underived and derived primary semi-natural, partly natural |
Very restricted territory of about 100,000 ha in the NW of Romania
(Carei), SW (Danube terraces) and the S (the terraces of Vadu Ialomitei, Buzau, Barlad,
the Danube Delta) |
10 |
Hallophyllous grasslands |
58 |
underived semi-natural natural |
Restricted territory to the halomorphe soils in the Western Plain and
the Romanian Plain, and the seaside |
11 |
Saxicole and petrophyllous formations |
99 |
primaty natural |
Micro-territories in the alpine subalpine territories (partly in the
boreal and mesophyllous broad-level ones) from the Carpathians. |
12 |
Mountain and subalpine herbs |
35 |
primary natural |
Territory overlapping the inferior subalpine and boreal mesophyllous
forests (the superior part) |
13 |
Cryophyllous small alpine bushes |
6 |
natural |
Fragmented territory on the alpine peaks (between 2,000-2,200 m) |
14 |
Subalpine bushes |
6 |
primary natural underived and derived semi-natural |
Fragmented territories in the subalpine layer of the Carpathians (1,800
- 2,200 m) |
15 |
Mesophyllous and submesophyllous bushes |
20 |
secondary natural |
Fragmented territory overlapping that of the mesophyllous and partly
the xerotherme forests |
16 |
Xerophyllous bushes (steppe) |
4 |
primary and secondary natural |
Territory overlapping the xerophyllous grasslands, nowadays almost
totally destroyed |
17 |
Hygrophyllous bushes |
11 |
primary natural |
In floodplains and swamps |