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Calcareous and ultra-basic screes of warm exposures

English name: Calcareous and ultra-basic screes of warm exposures

Description (English)

Calcareous and calcschist screes of warm exposures in mountain ranges of the nemoral zone, including the Alps, Pyrenees and Caucasus, and of Mediterranean mountains, hills and lowlands and, locally, of warm, sunny middle European upland or lowland sites.

Source:
EUNIS habitat classification
Interpretation Manual of the habitats targeted by Resolution No. 4

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code H2.6
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

Legal text	Annex	More information
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats (Bern Convention)	Revised Annex I of Resolution 4 (1996) of the Bern Convention on endangered natural habitats types using the EUNIS habitat classification (year of revision 2014)	https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc....ckColorLogged=FDC864 Resolution No. 4 (1996) of the Bern Convention lists endangered natural habitats requiring specific conservation measures [and the designation of Areas of Special Conservation Interest (ASCIs) forming the Emerald network]

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
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	Western Mediterranean and thermophilous scree	8130	Overlap	http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm
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	Eastern Mediterranean screes	8140	Wider
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	Medio-European calcareous scree of hill and montane levels	8160	Wider

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Name	Definition	Alternatives	Reftext
Iberido apertae-Linarion propinquae Penas et al. ex Díaz González et Fernández Prieto 1994	Orocantabric and Castilian-Cantabrian supratemperate calcareous scree communities	Linarion filicaulis Rivas-Mart. 1969; Linarion filicaulis Rivas-Mart. ex Fernández Prieto 1983	Schaminee et al, 2012
Calendulo lusitanicae-Antirrhinion linkiani Ladero et al. 1991	Saxicolous communities of calcareous crevices and rock shelves of central and western Portugal		Schaminee et al, 2012
Pimpinello tragium-Gouffeion provincialis Br.-Bl. in Br.-Bl. et al. 1952	Vegetation of calcaeous supramediterranean screes of southern France and Catalonia	Pimpinello tragium-Arenarion provincialis Br.-Bl. in Br.-Bl. et al. 1952 nom. mut. propos.	Schaminee et al, 2012
Melico minutae-Phagnalion intermedii Rivas Goday et Esteve 1972	Thermo-mesomediterranean saxicolous communities of ultramfic crevices or gravel slopes of southeastern Spain		Schaminee et al, 2012
Peltarion alliaceae Horvatic in Domac 1957	Limestone scree vegetation of submontane to montane belts of central Balkans	Peltarion alliaceae Horvatic 1956	Schaminee et al, 2012
Silenion marginatae Lakušic 1968	Calcareous scree vegetation of montane to subalpine belts of Southern Dinarides	Silenion marginatae Lakušic 1967; Silenion marginatae Lakušic 1970; Silenion prostratae Trinajstic 2008	Schaminee et al, 2012
Campanulion hawkinsianae Quézel ex Quézel et al. 1992	Montane and subalpine ultramafic scree vegetation of the Pindos (Hellas)	Campanulion hawkinsianae Quézel 1967	Schaminee et al, 2012
Andryalion ragusinae Rivas Goday et Esteve 1972	Thermo-supramediterranean saxicolous communities of dolomite and ultramafic gravel slopes and screes of southern Iberia	Andryalo ramosissimae-Crambion filiformis (Rivas Goday et Esteve 1972) Rivas-Mart. et al. 1973; Andryalion ramosissimae Rivas Goday et Esteve 1972 nom. mut. propos.	Schaminee et al, 2012
Leontodontion hyoseroidis Duvigneaud et al. 1970	Vegetation of low-altitude fine calcareous screes of eastern France		Schaminee et al, 2012
Alysso sphaciotici-Valantion apricae Bergmeier 2002	Oromediterranean calcareous and dolomitic scree vegetation of Crete	Scutellarion hirtae Zaffran 1990	Schaminee et al, 2012
Stipion calamagrostis Jenny-Lips ex Br.-Bl. 1948	Vegetation of thermophilous low-altitude calcareous screes of Central and Western Europe	Scrophularion juratensis Béguin 1970; Scrophularion juratensis Béguin in Richard 1972; Stipion calamagrostis Br.-Bl. 1931; Stipion calamagrostis Br.-Bl. et al. 1952; Stipion calamagrostis Jenny-Lips 1930; Stipion calamagrostis Jenny-Lips ex Quantin 1932; Teucrion montani Csurös et Pop 1965; Teucrion montani Csurös et Pop 1994; Achnatherion calamagrostis Jenny-Lips 1930 corr. Julve 1993; Achnatherion calamagrostis Jenny-Lips 1930 nom. mut.	Schaminee et al, 2012
Ptilostemonion echinocephali Korzhenevsky 1990	Thermophilous submediterranean herb-rich vegetation on eroding flysch slopes of Crimea	Austrodauco australis-Salvion verticillati Korzhenevsky 1990; Austrodauco australis-Salvion verticillati Korzhenevsky et Klyukin 1990	Schaminee et al, 2012
Platycapno saxicolae-Iberidion granatensis Rivas Goday et Rivas-Mart. 1963	South Iberian supra-oromediterranean calcareous scree communities	Platycapno saxicolae-Iberidion lagascanae Rivas Goday et Rivas-Mart. 1963 nom. mut. propos.	Schaminee et al, 2012
Gypsophilo glomeratae-Cephalarion coriaceae Ryff in Golub et al. 2011	Thermophilous submediterranean herb-rich vegetation on eroding marl and limestone slopes of Crimea	Elytrigio elongatae-Onobrychidion pallasii Ryff 2004; Gypsophilo glomeratae-Cephalarion coriaceae Ryff 2004	Schaminee et al, 2012
Elytrigio nodosae-Rhuion coriariae Korzhenevsky et Ryff 2002	Thermophilous submediterranean scrub vegetation on eroding calcareous loamy schists of Crimea		Schaminee et al, 2012
Linarion purpureae S. Brullo 1984	Montane scree vegetation of Sicily and southern Apenninian Peninsula		Schaminee et al, 2012
Silenion caesiae Quézel ex Quézel et al. 1992	High-altitude limestone scree vegetation of peninsular Hellas	Silenion caesiae Quézel 1964	Schaminee et al, 2012
Arrhenatherion sardoi Gamisans 1989	Montane grassy screes of Corsica		Schaminee et al, 2012
Vicio hirsutae-Galion aparines Ryff ex Mucina in Mucina et al. 2013	Thermophilous submediterranean herb-rich vegetation on eroding magmatic and hornstone bedrocks of Crimean Mts.	Vicio hirsutae-Galion aparines Ryff 1999	Schaminee et al, 2012

Species mentioned in habitat description

Not available

Other classifications

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112	61.5	Illyrian screes	narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112	61.4	East Mediterranean screes	narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112	61.3	Western Mediterranean and thermophilous screes	narrower
CORINE Land Cover	3.3.2.	Bare rock	n/a
Milieux Naturels de Suisse 1998	3.3.1.5	Eboulis calcaire thermophile	n/a
Biotopes of Slovakia 1996	4331000	Biotopy silikátovych sutín	n/a
Biotopes of Slovakia 1996	4330000	Sutiny kolínneho stupna	n/a

For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	H2.6	Calcareous and ultra-basic screes of warm exposures	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	H2.6	Calcareous and ultra-basic screes of warm exposures	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	H2.6	Calcareous and ultra-basic screes of warm exposures	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	H2.6	Calcareous and ultra-basic screes of warm exposures	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	H2.6	Calcareous and ultra-basic screes of warm exposures	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712	H2.6	Calcareous screes of warm exposures	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	61.4	Eastern Mediterranean screes	narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	61.3	Part of Western Mediterranean and thermophilous screes	narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	61.5	Illyrian screes	narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	61.5	Illyrian calcareous screes	narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	61.3	Part of Western Mediterranean and thermophilous screes	narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	61.5		narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	61.3		narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	61.3		narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	61.5		narrower

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