62.41 - Limestone dry inland cliffs

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Limestone rocks and cliffs of lowlands, hills and mountains of nondesert regions of the Palaearctic. Their lichen communities are composed of internal crustose lichens (Protoblastenia, Verrucaria, Petractis, Polyblastia), external crustose lichens (Caloplaca, Xanthoria) or gelatinous (Collema) and foliose (Dermatocarpon) lichens.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Protoblastenietea immersae, 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)

Whitten and Brooks, 1972; Ellenberg, 1988: 453; Summerfield, 1991: 150-151, 165, 182-183.