Wet inland cliffs

English name: Wet inland cliffs

Description (English)

Very wet, dripping, overhanging or vertical rocks of hills, mountains and Mediterranean lowlands.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type code H3.4

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Name Definition Other names Reference
Hymenophyllion tunbrigensis Tx. et Oberd. ex Rivas-Mart. et al. 2011 Sciophilous chomophytic and epiphytic pteridophyte-rich communities in humid and perhumid regions of Atlantic coast and islands Hymenophyllion tunbrigensis Tx.1954; Hymenophyllion tunbrigensis Tx. in Tx. et Oberd. 1958 Schaminee et al, 2012
Adiantion Br.-Bl. ex Horvatic 1934 Fern-rich chasmophytic communities of water-splashed habitats of mild-climate regions of Mediterranean, North Africa and Middle East Adiantion Br.-Bl. 1931; Adiantion Br.-Bl. in Br.-Bl. et al. 1947; Adiantion Br.-Bl. in Br.-Bl. et al. 1952 Schaminee et al, 2012
Pinguiculion longifoliae Fernandez Casas 1970 Chomophytic relictual Pinguicula-rich communities of shaded habitats of Mediterranean, North Africa and Middle East Coeno-Pinguiculion Deil 1989 Schaminee et al, 2012

Species mentioned in habitat description

Not available

Other classifications

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 62.5 Wet inland cliffs same
CORINE Land Cover 3.3.2. Bare rock n/a
Milieux Naturels de Suisse 1998 1.3.1 Végétation des rochers calcaires humides overlap
For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 H3.4 Wet inland cliffs same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 H3.4 Wet inland cliffs same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 H3.4 Wet inland cliffs same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 H3.4 Wet inland cliffs same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 H3.4 Wet inland cliffs same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 H3.4 Wet inland cliffs same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 62.5 Wet inland cliffs same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 62.5 Wet inland cliffs same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 62.5   same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 62.5   same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991 62.5   same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989 62.5   same
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