EUNIS habitat classification 2012 amended 2019 > B - Coastal habitats > B3 - Rock cliffs, ledges and shores, including the supralittoral > B3.3 - Rock cliffs, ledges and shores, with angiosperms

Rock cliffs, ledges and shores, with angiosperms

English name: Rock cliffs, ledges and shores, with angiosperms

Description (English)

Sea-cliffs, or parts of sea-cliffs, and rocky shores colonized by disjunct assemblages of salt-tolerant crevice plants (chasmophytes) or by more or less closed salt-tolerant grasslands with associated terrestrial invertebrate and vertebrate faunal communities.

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

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code B3.3
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	Vegetated sea cliffs of the Atlantic and Baltic Coasts	1230	Wider	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	Vegetated sea cliffs of the Mediterranean coasts with endemic Limonium spp	1240	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	Vegetated sea cliffs with endemic flora of the Macaronesian coasts	1250	Wider

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Name	Definition	Alternatives	Reftext
Dactylido hispanicae-Helichrysion stoechadis Géhu et Biondi in Géhu 1994	Coastal dwarf scrub on salt-sprayed cliffs of coasts of southern France and cantabro-atlantic Iberian Peninsula		Schaminee et al, 2012
Kochio prostratae-Limonion meyeri Korzhenevsky 1987	Rupicolous herb-rich vegetation of coastal salt-sprayed rock cliffs of Crimea		Schaminee et al, 2012
Crucianellion rupestris S. Brullo et Furnari 1990	Subaerohaline coastal dwarf scrub on salt-sprayed cliffs of European and North African coasts of Lybian Sea	Crucianellion rupestris S. Brullo et Furnari 1981	Schaminee et al, 2012
Astragalion tragacanthae (Folch ex Rivas-Mart., Fernández-González et Loidi 1999) Rivas-Mart. et al. 2002	Rupicolous pulvinate scrub on wind-exposed coastal rocks of southern Spanish and Portugese coasts	Astragalion tragacanthae (Folch ex Rivas-Mart. et al. 1999) Rivas-Mart. et al. 2001; Crithmo-Helichrysion serotini Rothmaler 1943	Schaminee et al, 2012
Crithmo-Staticion Molinier 1934	Rupicolous dwarf-herb vegetation of coastal salt-sprayed limestone cliffs of Tyrrhenian and Ligurian coasts	Crithmo-Limonion minuti Molinier 1934 nom. corr. propos.; Crithmo-Limonion articulati Molinier 1934 nom. corr. propos.; Crithmo-Limonion Molinier 1934 nom. mut. propos.; Erodion corsici Géhu et Biondi in Géhu 1994; Crithmo-Limonion pseudominuti Molinier 1934 corr. Julve 1993; Erodio corsici-Limonion articulati (Gamisans et Muracciole 1984) Géhu et Biondi 1994	Schaminee et al, 2012
Anthyllidion barbae-jovis S. Brullo et De Marco 1989	Subaerohaline coastal dwarf scrub on salt-sprayed cliffs of eastern Tyrrhenian Sea	Plantagini-Thymelaeion hirsutae Bartolo et S. Brullo ex Mayer 1995; Helichrysion litorei Biondi 2007; Helichrysion litorei Biondi in Biondi et al. 2013; Plantagini-Thymelaeion hirsutae Bartolo et S. Brullo in Bartolo et al. 1992	Schaminee et al, 2012
Frankenio-Astydamion latifoliae Santos 1976	Vegetation of salt-sprayed coastal cliffs of Canary Islands		Schaminee et al, 2012
Launaeion cervicornis (O. de Bolòs et Vigo ex Gil et Llorens 1995) Rivas-Mart., Fernández-González et Loidi 1999	Coastal dwarf scrub on salt-sprayed cliffs of Balearic Islands	Launaeion cervicornis O. de Bolòs et Vigo 1984	Schaminee et al, 2012
Euphorbio azoricae-Festucion petraeae Lüpnitz 1976	Vegetation of salt-sprayed coastal cliffs of Azores	Festucion petraeae Sjögren 1973	Schaminee et al, 2012
Euphorbion pithyusae Biondi et Géhu in Géhu et Biondi 1994	Thermomediterranean sub-halophIlous chamaephytic garrigue on coastal cliffs of Corsica and Sardinia	Helichrysion italici Paradis et Piazza 1995; Loto cytisoidis-Helichrysion italici Géhu et Biondi in Géhu 1994; Loto cytisoidis-Helichrysion italici Géhu et Biondi 1984	Schaminee et al, 2012
Crithmion maritimi Tx. et Oberd. 1958	Rupicolous vegetation of coastal salt-sprayed rocky cliffs of Atlantic coasts of western Europe	Crithmion maritimi Pavillard 1928; Crithmo-Limonion binervosi (Géhu et Géhu-Franck 1984) Géhu 1997	Schaminee et al, 2012
Asplenion marini Segal 1969	Fern-rich vegetation of siliceous rock crevices of supralittoral of Cantabro-Atlantic seaboards	Asplenion marini Rivas-Mart. et Izco in Rivas-Mart. et al. 2002; Asplenio billotii-Umbilicion rupestris de Foucault 1988	Schaminee et al, 2012
Helichrysion obconico-devium Rivas-Mart. et al. 2002	Vegetation of salt-sprayed coastal cliffs of Madeira		Schaminee et al, 2012
Elytrigio bessarabicae-Lactucion tataricae Korzhenevsky ex Mucina in Mucina et al. 2013	Subaerohaline grasslands of limestone boulder-pebble beaches of Crimea	Lactuco tatarici-Elytrigion bessarabicae Korzhenevsky 2001; Lactuco tatarici-Elytrigion bessarabicae Korzhenevsky et Klyukin 1990	Schaminee et al, 2012
Crithmo-Daucion halophili Rivas-Mart. et al. 1990	Rupicolous dwarf-herb vegetation of coastal salt-sprayed cliffs of of lusitano-andalusian region of Iberi and northern Morocco		Schaminee et al, 2012
Limonion anfracti-cancellati (Horvatic 1934) Mucina nom. nov. hoc loco	Rupicolous herb-rich vegetation of coastal salt-sprayed rocky cliffs of Adriatic coasts	Staticion dalmaticum Horvatic 1934; Limonion dalmaticum Horvatic 1934 nom. mut. propos.	Schaminee et al, 2012
Crithmo-Limonion graeci Géhu et al. 1992	Rupicolous herb-rich vegetation of coastal salt-sprayed cliffs of peninsular Hellas and Aegean islands	Cichorio-Limonion roridi Brullo et Guarino 2000; Crithmo-Frankenion hirsutae Mayer 1995	Schaminee et al, 2012

Species mentioned in habitat description

Not available

Other classifications

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112	18.2	Sea-cliff and rocky shore aerohaline communities	wider
CORINE Land Cover	3.3.2.	Bare rock	n/a
Phase 1 habitat classification (UK) 1993	H85	Maritime cliff and slope: coastal heathland	not defined
Phase 1 habitat classification (UK) 1993	H84	Maritime cliff and slope: coastal grassland	overlap
Phase 1 habitat classification (UK) 1993	H83	Maritime cliff and slope: crevice/ledge vegetation	same
Biodiversity Action Plan Priority Habitats (UK)	27	Maritime cliff and slope	wider

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

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	B3.3	Rock cliffs, ledges and shores, with angiosperms	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	B3.3	Rock cliffs, ledges and shores, with angiosperms	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	B3.3	Rock cliffs, ledges and shores, with halophytic angiosperms	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	B3.3	Rock cliffs, ledges and shores, with halophytic angiosperms	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	B3.3	Oceanic rock cliffs, ledges and shores, with halophytic angiosperms	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712	B7.2	Oceanic rock cliffs, ledges and shores, with halophytic angiosperms	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	18.2	Sea-cliff and rocky shore aerohaline communities	wider
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	18.2	Sea-cliff and rocky shore aerohaline communities	wider
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	18.2		wider
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	18.2		wider
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991	18.2		wider
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989	18.2		wider

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