Calcareous and ultra-basic screes of warm exposures
Common name:
Calcareous and ultra-basic screes of warm exposures
Habitat code:
H2.6
Description:
Calcareous and calcschist screes of warm exposures in mountain ranges of the nemoral zone, including the Alps, Pyrenees and Caucasus, and of Mediterranean mountains, hills and lowlands and, locally, of warm, sunny middle European upland or lowland sites.
References:
Hill, M.O., Moss, D. & Davies, C.E., 2004
| Important species scientific name | Corresponding species comments |
|---|---|
| Bupleurum capillare Boiss. & Heldr., 1856 | Annex II species - habitat relation; source Unit of Vegetation Science, Lancaster, 2000 |
| Artemisia genipi Weber | Annex II species - habitat relation; source Unit of Vegetation Science, Lancaster, 2000 |
| Centaurea corymbosa Pourr. | Annex II species - habitat relation; source Unit of Vegetation Science, Lancaster, 2000 |
| Biscutella neustriaca Bonnet | Annex II species - habitat relation; source Unit of Vegetation Science, Lancaster, 2000 |
| Arenaria ciliata ssp. ciliata L. | Annex II species - habitat relation; source Unit of Vegetation Science, Lancaster, 2000 |
| Arenaria provincialis Chater & G.Halliday | Annex II species - habitat relation; source Unit of Vegetation Science, Lancaster, 2000 |
| Aquilegia bertolonii Schott | Annex II species - habitat relation; source Unit of Vegetation Science, Lancaster, 2000 |
| Aquilegia kitaibelii Schott | Annex II species - habitat relation; source Unit of Vegetation Science, Lancaster, 2000 |
| Androsace mathildae Levier | Annex II species - habitat relation; source Unit of Vegetation Science, Lancaster, 2000 |
| Linaria tonzigii Lona | Annex II species - habitat relation; source Unit of Vegetation Science, Lancaster, 2000 |
| Viola hispida Lam. | Annex II species - habitat relation; source Unit of Vegetation Science, Lancaster, 2000 |
| Brassica glabrescens Poldini | Annex II species - habitat relation; source Unit of Vegetation Science, Lancaster, 2000 |
| Legal instrument | Habitat type legal name | Habitat type legal code |
|---|---|---|
| EU Habitats Directive Annex I | Western Mediterranean and thermophilous scree | 6130 |
| EUNIS Code | Type Name | Name |
|---|---|---|
| H2.6G | Eastern Carpathian calcareous thermophilous screes | Eastern Carpathian calcareous thermophilous screes |
| H2.6A | Cyprian screes | Cyprian screes |
| H2.6D | Illyrian montane serpentine screes | Illyrian montane serpentine screes |
| H2.6E | Illyrian [Achnatherum calamagrostis] screes | Illyrian [Achnatherum calamagrostis] screes |
| H2.6F | Anatolian calcareous screes | Anatolian calcareous screes |
| H2.66 | Southern Iberian calcareous screes | Southern Iberian calcareous screes |
| H2.67 | Central Mediterranean calcareous screes | Central Mediterranean calcareous screes |
| H2.68 | Eastern Mediterranean limestone screes | Eastern Mediterranean limestone screes |
| H2.69 | Eastern Mediterranean serpentine screes | Eastern Mediterranean serpentine screes |
| H2.6B | Illyrian montane calcareous screes | Illyrian montane calcareous screes |
| H2.6C | Illyrian sub-Mediterranean screes | Illyrian sub-Mediterranean screes |
| H2.61 | Peri-Alpine thermophilous screes | Peri-Alpine thermophilous screes |
| H2.62 | Cevenno-Provençal screes | Cevenno-Provençal screes |
| H2.63 | Pyrenean calcareous screes | Pyrenean calcareous screes |
| H2.64 | Oro-Cantabrian calcareous screes | Oro-Cantabrian calcareous screes |
| H2.65 | Iberian calciphile fern screes | Iberian calciphile fern screes |