Illyrio-Helleno-Balkanic wet carbonate cliffs

Description (English)

Wet cliffs, often with luxuriant vegetation. Typical plants are fern Adiantum capillus-veneris and mosses Eucladium verticillatum, Cratoneuron commutatum. On open wet rock algae are also frequent.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type code U3D3

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Mosses & Liverworts Cratoneuron commutatum
Mosses & Liverworts Eucladium verticillatum
Species scientific name English common name Species group
Cratoneuron commutatum Mosses & Liverworts
Eucladium verticillatum Mosses & Liverworts

Other classifications

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) H3.43 Illyrio-Helleno-Balkanic wet carbonate cliffs same
For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

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