It is characterized by forests of leafy deciduous trees such as oak and European beech. These aphids are a serious pest in European beech forests. The sandstone developed a rich brown soil, which originally allowed the European Beech to grow. The larvae feed on fallen leaves of European beech, oak and "Rubus". Larvae develop in silver fir, hazel, European weeping birch, European beech, and the European chestnut. The coloration serves as good camouflage with their preferred habitat, the European Beech. This zone is predominantly abundant in european beech together with sycamore maple and turkish hazel. Generally, Holm Oak reside lower on mountain slopes than does European Beech. "Calliteara pudibunda" is a monophagous pest of European beech forests ("Fagus sylvatica"). Once on European beech trees, infected phloem will generally show bleeding lesions and discoloration. The disease affects the native American beech as well as the commonly planted European beech. Forests (mainly of European beech, oak, and maple) cover almost 40% of its territory. The larvae feed on "Corylus avellana", oak, European beech, "Carpinus betulus", birch and "Acer campestre". In front of the 1851 residence is a massive weeping European beech. The weeping beech, "Fagus sylvatica" 'Pendula', is a cultivar of the deciduous European beech.