Basic and ultra-basic inland cliffs
Common name:
Basic and ultra-basic inland cliffs
Habitat code:
H3.2
Description:
Dry, 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.
References:
Hill, M.O., Moss, D. & Davies, C.E., 2004
| 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 |
| Satureja taygetea (P.H. Davis, 1949) Greuter & Burdet, 1985 | Annex II species - habitat relation; source Unit of Vegetation Science, Lancaster, 2000 |
| Asplenium jahandiezii (Litard.) Rouy | Annex II species - habitat relation; source Unit of Vegetation Science, Lancaster, 2000 |
| Botrychium simplex Hitchc., 1823 | Annex II species - habitat relation; source Unit of Vegetation Science, Lancaster, 2000 |
| Bupleurum capillare Boiss. & Heldr., 1856 | Annex II species - habitat relation; source Unit of Vegetation Science, Lancaster, 2000 |
| Naufraga balearica Constance & Cannon | 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 |
| Centaurea alba ssp. princeps (Boiss. & Heldr.) Gugler | Annex II species - habitat relation; source Unit of Vegetation Science, Lancaster, 2000 |
| Centaurea niederi Heldr. | Annex II species - habitat relation; source Unit of Vegetation Science, Lancaster, 2000 |
| Centaurea kartschiana Scop. | Annex II species - habitat relation; source Unit of Vegetation Science, Lancaster, 2000 |
| Centaurea kalambakensis Freyn & Sint. | Annex II species - habitat relation; source Unit of Vegetation Science, Lancaster, 2000 |
| Centaurea alba ssp. heldreichii (Halà csy) Dostà l | Annex II species - habitat relation; source Unit of Vegetation Science, Lancaster, 2000 |
| Centaurea peucedanifolia Boiss. & Orph. | Annex II species - habitat relation; source Unit of Vegetation Science, Lancaster, 2000 |
| Jurinea fontqueri Cuatrec. | Annex II species - habitat relation; source Unit of Vegetation Science, Lancaster, 2000 |
| Helichrysum sibthorpii Rouy | 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 |
| Wagenitzia lancifolia (Sieber ex Spreng.) Dostà l | Annex II species - habitat relation; source Unit of Vegetation Science, Lancaster, 2000 |
| Symphytum cycladense Pawlll. | Annex II species - habitat relation; source Unit of Vegetation Science, Lancaster, 2000 |
| Cynoglossum sphacioticum Boiss. & Heldr. | Annex II species - habitat relation; source Unit of Vegetation Science, Lancaster, 2000 |
| Brassica macrocarpa Guss. | Annex II species - habitat relation; source Unit of Vegetation Science, Lancaster, 2000 |
| Brassica insularis Moris | Annex II species - habitat relation; source Unit of Vegetation Science, Lancaster, 2000 |
| Physoplexis comosa (L.) Schur | Annex II species - habitat relation; source Unit of Vegetation Science, Lancaster, 2000 |
| Jasione crispa ssp. serpentinica P.Silva | Annex II species - habitat relation; source Unit of Vegetation Science, Lancaster, 2000 |
| Campanula sabatia De Not. | Annex II species - habitat relation; source Unit of Vegetation Science, Lancaster, 2000 |
| Campanula morettiana Rchb. | Annex II species - habitat relation; source Unit of Vegetation Science, Lancaster, 2000 |
| Moehringia tommasinii Marches. | Annex II species - habitat relation; source Unit of Vegetation Science, Lancaster, 2000 |
| Petrocoptis grandiflora Rothm. | Annex II species - habitat relation; source Unit of Vegetation Science, Lancaster, 2000 |
| Petrocoptis pardoi Pau | Annex II species - habitat relation; source Unit of Vegetation Science, Lancaster, 2000 |
| Arenaria humifusa Wahlenb. | Annex II species - habitat relation; source Unit of Vegetation Science, Lancaster, 2000 |
| Dianthus rupicola Biv. | Annex II species - habitat relation; source Unit of Vegetation Science, Lancaster, 2000 |
| Silene orphanidis Boiss. | Annex II species - habitat relation; source Unit of Vegetation Science, Lancaster, 2000 |
| Convolvulus argyrothamnus Greuter | Annex II species - habitat relation; source Unit of Vegetation Science, Lancaster, 2000 |
| Genista holopetala (Fleischm. ex W.D.J.Koch) Bald. | Annex II species - habitat relation; source Unit of Vegetation Science, Lancaster, 2000 |
| Trifolium saxatile All. | Annex II species - habitat relation; source Unit of Vegetation Science, Lancaster, 2000 |
| Ramonda serbica Pancic | Annex II species - habitat relation; source Unit of Vegetation Science, Lancaster, 2000 |
| Jankaea heldreichii (Boiss.) Boiss., 1875 | Annex II species - habitat relation; source Unit of Vegetation Science, Lancaster, 2000 |
| Ribes sardoum Martelli | Annex II species - habitat relation; source Unit of Vegetation Science, Lancaster, 2000 |
| Hypericum aciferum (Greuter) Robson, 1967 | Annex II species - habitat relation; source Unit of Vegetation Science, Lancaster, 2000 |
| Nepeta dirphya (Boiss.) Heldr. ex Halà csy | Annex II species - habitat relation; source Unit of Vegetation Science, Lancaster, 2000 |
| Origanum dictamnus L. | Annex II species - habitat relation; source Unit of Vegetation Science, Lancaster, 2000 |
| Sideritis incana ssp. glauca (Cav.) Malag. | 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 |
| Androsace pyrenaica Lam. | Annex II species - habitat relation; source Unit of Vegetation Science, Lancaster, 2000 |
| Androsace cylindrica DC. | Annex II species - habitat relation; source Unit of Vegetation Science, Lancaster, 2000 |
| Primula spectabilis Tratt. | Annex II species - habitat relation; source Unit of Vegetation Science, Lancaster, 2000 |
| Saxifraga berica (Bég.) D.A.Webb | 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 |
| Saxifraga presolanensis Engl. | Annex II species - habitat relation; source Unit of Vegetation Science, Lancaster, 2000 |
| Saxifraga tombeanensis Boiss. ex Engl. | Annex II species - habitat relation; source Unit of Vegetation Science, Lancaster, 2000 |
| Saxifraga valdensis DC. | Annex II species - habitat relation; source Unit of Vegetation Science, Lancaster, 2000 |
| Daphne petraea Leyb. | 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 |
| Atropa baetica Willk. | Annex II species - habitat relation; source Unit of Vegetation Science, Lancaster, 2000 |
| Viola delphinantha Boiss. | Annex II species - habitat relation; source Unit of Vegetation Science, Lancaster, 2000 |
| Viola athois W.Becker | Annex II species - habitat relation; source Unit of Vegetation Science, Lancaster, 2000 |
| Narcissus calcicola Mendon‡a | Annex II species - habitat relation; source Unit of Vegetation Science, Lancaster, 2000 |
| Borderea chouardii (Gaussen) Heslot | Annex II species - habitat relation; source Unit of Vegetation Science, Lancaster, 2000 |
| Festuca brigantina (Markgr.-Dann.) Markgr.-Dann. | Annex II species - habitat relation; source Unit of Vegetation Science, Lancaster, 2000 |
| Petrocoptis pseudoviscosa Fern.Casas | Annex II species - habitat relation; source Unit of Vegetation Science, Lancaster, 2000 |
| Silene hicesiae Brullo & Signor. | Annex II species - habitat relation; source Unit of Vegetation Science, Lancaster, 2000 |
| Aquilegia pyrenaica ssp. cazorlensis (Heywood) Galiano & Rivas Mart. | 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 | Serpentinophilous grassland of Cyprus | 62B0 |
| EUNIS Code | Type Name | Name |
|---|---|---|
| H3.2I | Temperate serpentine and basaltic cliff communities | Temperate serpentine and basaltic cliff communities |
| H3.2J | Mediterranean serpentine and basaltic cliff communities | Mediterranean serpentine and basaltic cliff communities |
| H3.2H | Bare inland basaltic and ultra-basic cliffs | Bare inland basaltic and ultra-basic cliffs |
| H3.2F | Disused chalk and limestone quarries | Disused chalk and limestone quarries |
| H3.2G | Boreal and arctic serpentine and basaltic cliff communities | Boreal and arctic serpentine and basaltic cliff communities |
| H3.2E | Bare limestone inland cliffs | Bare limestone inland cliffs |
| H3.2A | Illyrio-Helleno-Balkanic cinquefoil cliffs | Illyrio-Helleno-Balkanic [Potentilla] cliffs |
| H3.2B | Lowland middle European calcareous cliff communities | Lowland middle European calcareous cliff communities |
| H3.2C | Boreal calcareous cliff communities | Boreal calcareous cliff communities |
| H3.2D | Mediterraneo-Anatolian calcicolous chasmophyte communities | Mediterraneo-Anatolian calcicolous chasmophyte communities |
| H3.21 | Tyrrheno-Adriatic eumediterranean calcicolous chasmophyte communities | Tyrrheno-Adriatic eumediterranean calcicolous chasmophyte communities |
| H3.22 | Central Pyrenean calcicolous chasmophyte communities | Central Pyrenean calcicolous chasmophyte communities |
| H3.23 | Liguro-Apennine calcicolous chasmophyte communities | Liguro-Apennine calcicolous chasmophyte communities |
| H3.24 | Western mediterraneo-montane chasmophyte communities | Western mediterraneo-montane chasmophyte communities |
| H3.25 | Alpine and sub-mediterranean chasmophyte communities | Alpine and sub-mediterranean chasmophyte communities |
| H3.26 | Hellenic eumediterranean calcicolous chasmophyte communities | Hellenic eumediterranean calcicolous chasmophyte communities |
| H3.27 | Aegeo-east-Mediterranean basiphile chasmophyte communities | Aegeo-east-Mediterranean basiphile chasmophyte communities |
| H3.28 | Southern Hellenic cinquefoil cliffs | Southern Hellenic [Potentilla] cliffs |
| H3.29 | Central Hellenic cinquefoil cliffs | Central Hellenic [Potentilla] cliffs |