18.2122 - Southern boreo-nemoral sea-cliff communities

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Uncommon, species-poor, often Cochlearia officinalis-dominated, communities occupying wet, shadowy recesses near the foot of cold, shaded cliffs in southwestern Britain and Brittany constitute extralimital, highly specialized representatives of unit 18.2121.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Crithmo-Armerietalia: Cochleario officinalis-Armerion maritimae: Armerio maritimae-Cochlearietum officinalis, Rumicetum rupestris i.a.

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)

Ratcliffe, 1977b: 32-35; Géhu and Géhu-Franck, 1984b; Julve, 1993: 43.