U39 Boreal ultramafic inland cliff

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Ultramafic inland cliffs of the boreal zone. They are characterised by a boreal flora of vascular plants and ferns adapted to the serpentine substrate with its distinctive mineral content and by bryophyte and lichen assemblages that are partly typical of calcareous habitats, though not here forming any luxuriant cover.

[Data on this habitat are missing in the European Vegetation Archive.]

Chytrý M., Tichý L., Hennekens S.M., Knollová I., Janssen J.A.M., Rodwell J.S. … Schaminée J.H.J. (2020) EUNIS Habitat Classification: expert system, characteristic species combinations and distribution maps of European habitats. Applied Vegetation Science 23: 648–675. https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12519

Version 2021-06-01, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4812736.

For the official presentation of the EUNIS Habitat Classification from the European Environment Agency, please see: EUNIS Terrestrial Habitat Classification 2021. The FloraVeg.EU presentation may show modifications and partial updates to the habitat classification.

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