62.1 - Calcicolous chasmophyte communities

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Rock-crack communities of dry, calcareous inland cliffs. Specific plant associations colonize montane and Mediterranean cliffs. Most of the subdivisions below refer to them. Northern lowland cliffs usually support fragments of communities listed in other units.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Asplenietea trichomanis: Potentilletalia caulescentis, Asplenietalia petrarchae, Cirsietalia chamaepeucis, Onosmetalia frutescentis, Potentilletalia speciosae, Silenetalia odontopetalae

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)

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