Acid siliceous inland cliffs
Description (English)
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.
Source:
EUNIS habitat classification
Interpretation Manual of the habitats targeted by Resolution No. 4
Quick facts
EUNIS habitat type | code H3.1 |
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Bern Convention | Resolution 4 habitat type (used for designation of Emerald sites) |
Relation to | Annex I habitat types (EU Habitats Directive) |
Legal status
Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements
Relation to other habitat types mentioned in legal instruments
Legal text | Annex | Name in legal text | Code in legal text |
Habitat type relationship |
More information |
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Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora - consolidated version 01/01/2007 | Annex I: natural habitat types of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation | Siliceous rocky slopes with chasmophytic vegetation | 8220 | Overlap | http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm |
Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
Name | Definition | Alternatives | Reftext |
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Polypodion serrati Br.-Bl. in Br.-Bl. et al. 1952 | Circummediterranean fern-rich epilithic communities of shaded rocks faces and crevices | Anogrammion leptophyllae Bellot et Casaseca in Bellot 1968; Asplenio-Sedion Br.-Bl. 1966; Polypodion Br.-Bl. 1931; Polypodion serrati Br.-Bl. in Br.-Bl. et al. 1957; Anomodontion europaeum O. de Bolòs et Masalles 1983; Polypodion cambrici Br.-Bl. in Br.-Bl. et al. 1952 nom. mut. propos.; Gymnogrammion leptophyllae Bellot et Casaseca in Casaseca 1959; Bartramio-Polypodion serrati O. de Bolòs et Vives in O. de Bolòs 1957; Selaginello denticulatae-Anogrammion leptophyllae Rivas-Mart. et al.1999 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
Saxifragion cotyledonis Nordhagen 1943 | Vegetation of siliceous rock crevices and ledges of Scandinavia, Arctic Ocean archipelagos and Greenland | Saxifragion cotyledonis subarcticum Nordhagen 1936 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
Hieracion carpetani González-Albo 1941 | Crevice vegetation on siliceous substrates of high mountains in central and northern Spain | Saxifragion willkommianae Rivas-Mart. 1964; Saxifragion caballeroi Rivas-Mart. 1964 corr. Rivas-Mart. et C. Sáenz 1986 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
Asarinion procumbentis (Br.-Bl. in Meier et Br.-Bl. 1934) Br.-Bl. in Br.-Bl. et al. 1952 | Crevice vegetation of siliceous rocks of colline to sub-montane belts of Massif Central | Antirrhinion asarinae Br.-Bl. 1931; Dianthion gratianopolitani Focquet 1982; Asarinion rupestris Br.-Bl. in Meier et Br.-Bl. 1934; Antirrhinion asarinae (Br.-Bl. in Meier et Br.-Bl. 1934) Br.-Bl. in Br.-Bl. et al. 1952 nom. mut. propos. | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
Cheilanthion hispanicae Rivas Goday 1956 | Crevice vegetation on siliceous substrates of meso-supramediterranean belts of western Iberian Peninsula | Schaminee et al, 2012 | |
Gymnogrammo-Scrophularion Rivas Goday 1964 | Meso-oromediterranean saxicolous communities of exposed silicious rock-shelves of central and western Iberian Peninsula | Rumici-Dianthion lusitani Rivas-Mart. et al. 1973; Rumici indurati-Dianthion lusitani Rivas-Mart., Izco et Costa ex Rivas-Mart. et al. 1986; Gymnogrammo-Scrophularion Rivas Goday ex M.A. Alonso et al. 1998 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
Gypsophilion tenuifoliae Onipchenko 2002 | Crevice vegetation on siliceous substrates of insolated cliffs of subnival to subalpine zones of Caucasus | Schaminee et al, 2012 | |
Polygonion icarici Horvat in Horvat et al. ex Bergmeier et al. 2011 | Crevice vegetation of sunny siliceous rocks of southern Aegean archipelago | Polygonion icarici Horvat in Horvat et al. 1974 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
Saxifragion nevadensis Rivas Goday et Rivas-Mart. 1971 | Crevice vegetation on siliceous substrates of high mountains in Sierra Nevada | Schaminee et al, 2012 | |
Potentillion crassinerviae Gamisans 1976 | Cyrno-Sardean crevice vegetation of siliceous substrates | Schaminee et al, 2012 | |
Asplenion septentrionalis Gams ex Oberd. 1938 | Fern-rich vegetation of siliceous sunny rock crevices of temperate and boreal Europe | Androsacion septentrionalis Gams 1940; Asplenion septentrionalis Focquet 1982; Asplenion septentrionalis Gams 1927 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
Androsacion vandellii Br.-Bl. in Br.-Bl. et Jenny 1926 nom. corr. | Vegetation of siliceous rock crevices and ledges in alpine and nival belts of Central European mountains | Androsacion vandellii Br.-Bl. in Br.-Bl. et Jenny 1926 corr. Rivas-Mart. et al. 2002; Androsacion multiflorae Br.-Bl. in Br.-Bl. et Jenny 1926; Saxifragion bryoidis Nègre 1968 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
Pohlio crudae-Asplenion septentrionalis S. Brullo et Siracusa in S. Brullo et al. 2003 | Fern-rich vegetation of siliceous shaded rock crevices of supramediterranean belt of Sicily and Calabria | Schaminee et al, 2012 | |
Thalictro foetidi-Asplenion Onipchenko et Gorbachevskaya in Onipchenko 2002 | Fern-rich vegetation of crevices of siliceous rocks of forest zone of Caucasus | Schaminee et al, 2012 | |
Saxifragion pedemontanae Barbero et Bono 1967 | Crevice vegetation on siliceous substrates of high mountains in Alpes-Maritimes | Schaminee et al, 2012 | |
Saxifragion cymosae Lakušic 1970 | Crevice vegetation on siliceous substrates of western Balkan Peninsula | Schaminee et al, 2012 | |
Silenion lerchenfeldianae Simon 1958 | Crevice vegetation on siliceous substrates of Eastern Carpathians and southern Balkan Peninsula | Silenion lerchenfeldianae Horvat 1937; Silenion lerchenfeldianae Simon 1957 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
Hypno-Polypodion vulgaris Mucina 1993 | Fern-rich vegetation of siliceous shaded rock crevices of colline to sub-montane belts of Central Europe | Schaminee et al, 2012 | |
Saxifragion continentalis Rivas-Mart. in Rivas-Mart. et al. 1986 | Suptramediterranean saxicolous communities of siliceous shady crevices of central and western Iberian Peninsula | Saxifragion fragosoi Rivas-Mart. in Rivas-Mart. et al. 1986 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
Linarion caprariae Foggi et al. 2006 | Thermo-mesomediterranean chasmophytic vegetation of siliceous crevices of Tuscan Archipelago | Schaminee et al, 2012 | |
Sesamoidion suffruticosae Ortiz et Pulgar 2000 | Saxicolous communities on siliceous crevices and gravel slopes in temperate regions of southern Galicia and northern Portugal | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
Species mentioned in habitat description
Other classifications
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 | 62.2 | Silicicolous and boreo-basaltic chasmophyte communities | same |
CORINE Land Cover | 3.3.2. | Bare rock | n/a |
Nordic Vegetation Classification 1994 | 5.2.1.1 | Dry meadow type on bedrocks | n/a |
Phase 1 habitat classification (UK) 1993 | I111 | Natural rock exposure: inland cliff, acid/neutral | overlap |
Milieux Naturels de Suisse 1998 | 3.4.2 | Paroi de roche siliceuse, serpentine | same |
Biotopes of Slovakia 1996 | 4110000 | Silikátové | n/a |
History
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | H3.1 | Acid siliceous inland cliffs | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | H3.1 | Acid siliceous inland cliffs | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | H3.1 | Acid siliceous inland cliffs | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | H3.1 | Acid siliceous inland cliffs | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | H3.1 | Acid siliceous inland cliffs | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 | H3.2 | Acid siliceous inland cliffs | same |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 | 62.2 | Vegetated siliceous inland cliffs | same |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 | 62.2 | Vegetated siliceous inland cliffs | same |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 | 62.2 | same | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 | 62.2 | same | |
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991 | 62.2 | same | |
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989 | 62.2 | same |