R13 Cryptogam- and annual-dominated vegetation on calcareous and ultramafic rock outcrops
Open pioneer grassland with perennial succulents and spring annuals, subordinate small tussock grasses and herbs, and often with a very prominent and rich contingent of cryptogams. Typically found in small patches on very shallow and skeletal, impoverished, base-rich soils on a wide variety of base-rich and sometimes ultramafic bedrocks, and similar artificial habitats like quarry spoil and wall-tops. It is found from the hemiboreal to the submediterranean zone, occurring mainly at higher altitudes further south.
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Version 2021-06-01, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4812736.
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