Acid siliceous inland cliffs

Common name:
Acid siliceous inland cliffs
Habitat code:
H3.1
Description:

Dry non-calcareous inland cliffs. Specific plant associations colonize montane and Mediterranean cliffs. Most of the subdivisions refer to them. Northern lowland cliffs usually support fragments of other less specialized communities.

Important species scientific name Corresponding species comments
Primula pedemontana ssp. apennina (Widmer, 1891) Kress, 1981 Annex II species - habitat relation; source Unit of Vegetation Science, Lancaster, 2000
Woodwardia radicans (L.) Sm. Annex II species - habitat relation; source Unit of Vegetation Science, Lancaster, 2000
Artemisia eriantha Ten., 1831 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
Leuzea centauroides (L.) Holub Annex II species - habitat relation; source Unit of Vegetation Science, Lancaster, 2000
Androsace pyrenaica Lam. Annex II species - habitat relation; source Unit of Vegetation Science, Lancaster, 2000
Saxifraga florulenta Moretti Annex II species - habitat relation; source Unit of Vegetation Science, Lancaster, 2000
Centranthus trinervis (Viv.) Bég. Annex II species - habitat relation; source Unit of Vegetation Science, Lancaster, 2000
Next sub-divisions
EUNIS Code Type Name Name
H3.1C Disused siliceous quarries Disused siliceous quarries
H3.16 Peri-Pyrenean montane siliceous cliffs Peri-Pyrenean montane siliceous cliffs
H3.17 Western Iberian siliceous cliffs Western Iberian siliceous cliffs
H3.18 West Mediterranean thermophile siliceous cliffs West Mediterranean thermophile siliceous cliffs
H3.19 Lowland northern- and middle-European siliceous cliffs Lowland northern- and middle-European siliceous cliffs
H3.1A Boreal siliceous cliffs Boreal siliceous cliffs
H3.1B Bare siliceous inland cliffs Bare siliceous inland cliffs
H3.11 Middle European montane siliceous cliffs Middle European montane siliceous cliffs
H3.12 Oro-Iberian siliceous cliffs Oro-Iberian siliceous cliffs
H3.13 Southwestern Alpine siliceous cliffs Southwestern Alpine siliceous cliffs
H3.14 Cyrno-Sardinian montane and alpine cliffs Cyrno-Sardinian montane and alpine cliffs
H3.15 Helleno-Carpatho-Balkanic campion siliceous cliffs Helleno-Carpatho-Balkanic [Silene] siliceous cliffs
Sites in which this biotope type has been recorded
EUNIS Site Code Source Greek Natura 2000 code Site name
K15120007 K15120007 VATSARIN ERAMAA-ALUE JA INARI
K15040034 K15040034 EVON JARVIALUE, SUDENPESANKANGAS JA KOTISET
K15110020 K15110020 OULANGAN KANSALLISPUISTO-SIRKKAPURO
K15120013 K15120013 KEVON LUONNONPUISTO JA PAISTUNTURIN ERAMAA-ALUE
K16060018 K16060018 HUOSIONKORPI
K16060035 K16060035 AHVENISENMAKI
K16090047 K16090047 KULHANVUORI
K15120009 K15120009 HAMMASTUNTURI-NAATSUKKA-AAVA
K15120025 K15120025 SAANA
K16070005 K16070005 TAHKOVAARA
K16100049 K16100049 PATANAJARVENKANGAS
K17010002 K17010002 HINDSBYN METSA
K16100048 K16100048 TAILOT