Forest of Fontainebleau
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The forest of Fontainebleau is an important forestland of 25,000 ha. Its main part (21,500 ha) located in the department of Seine-et-Marne near the city of Fontainebleau.
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[edit] Fauna and flora
- Most numerous trees are : Oaks (44 %), Scots Pine (40 %), European Beech (10 %);
- 3,000 species of mushrooms were discovered;
- 7,000 species animals, including 5,000 species of insects.
[edit] Flore
- Tor-grass (Brachypodium pinnatum);
- Service Tree of Fontainebleau (Sorbus latifolia, national protection);
- Amelanchier ovalis, national protection;
- Juniperus communis;
- Orchids
- Limodorum abortivum;
- Red Helleborine (Cephalanthera rubra, national protection);
- Thalictrum minus, national protection;
- Campanula persicifolia;
- Rubia peregrina;
- Rosa pimpinellifolia;
- Cranesbill (Geranium sanguineum);
- Vincetoxicum hirundinaria;
- Trifolium rubens, national protection.
[edit] Birds
- Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major);
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos minor);
- Great Tit (Parus major);
- Blue Tit (Parus caeruleus);
- Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita);
- Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus);
- Phylloscopus Bonelli;
- Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla).
[edit] In fiction
- The forest is the main scene of action of the trilogy Les Fourmis of Bernard Werber.
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