Germia Park oak ("Quercetum frainetoo cerris scardicum Kras."), hornbeam ("Carpinus betulus"), sessile oak ("Quercus sessiliflora") and common beech ("Fagus sylvatica"). Five species of amphibians including fire salamander ("Salamandra salamandra") and European tree frog ("Hyla arborea"), seven species of reptiles represented by wall lizard ("Lacerta muralis") and Hermann's tortoise ("Testudo hermani"), thirty-two species of birds - golden eagle ("Aquila chrysaetos"), imperial eagle ("Aquila heliacal"), woodpecker (Picidae) and nineteen species of mammals which include European hedgehog ("Erinaceus europeus") and squirrel ("Sciurus vulgaris"). Insects compromise the largest animal group on this massif. The recreation area covers an area of 41.40.52 ha, where most of the
Nyssa sylvatica in the Northeast is "pepperidge." On Martha's Vineyard, in Massachusetts, this species is called "beetlebung", perhaps for its use in making the mallet known as a beetle, used for hammering bungs (stoppers) into barrels. "Nyssa sylvatica" grows to tall, rarely to , with a trunk diameter of , rarely up to . These trees typically have a straight trunk with the branches extending outward at right angles. The bark is dark gray and flaky when young, but it becomes furrowed with age, resembling alligator hide on very old stems. The twigs of this tree are reddish-brown, usually hidden by a