62.432 - Mountain basaltic and ultrabasic cliffs

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Basic or ultrabasic noncalcareous rocks and cliffs of the alpine to montane levels of high mountains of the mediterranean, nemoral, boreonemoral and boreal zones of the Palaearctic, harbouring specialized alpine chasmophyte communities.

Bibliography

Devillers P., Devillers-Terschuren J. & Vander Linden C., 2001. PHYSIS Palaearctic Habitat Classification Database. Updated to 10 December 2001. Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles, Bruxelles. (Source)

Einarsson, 1994; Gudmundsson and Kjartansson, 1996; Puytorac & al., 1997.