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- A calcicole, calciphyte or calciphile is a plant that thrives in lime rich soil. The word is derived from the Latin 'to dwell on chalk'. Under acidic conditions...
- About 269 species of vascular plants including 56 species (21%) of calciphiles have been recorded from the site. There are a diverse range of cave fauna...
- European clausiliids of the subfamily Alopiinae. They are obligatory calciphiles living in isolated colonies on limestone outcrops. Several sets of species...
- like a slipper. calcicole A plant which thrives in calcareous soil. Also calciphile, calciphyte. Antonym: calcifuge. callose Hardened; thickened; callous...
- forms may occur. Like other Celtis species, this species is a moderate calciphile, and is often found growing in thin soil over limestone. Songbirds and...
- on seas****s, unlike other parts of the world where it tends to be a calciphile. Finland has ****ing lime rich soil habitat sp****ly, but the plant has...
- gravelly, sp****ly vegetated slopes with little organic matter. It is a calciphile, growing in calcareous substrates such as soils rich in decomposed limestone...
- east. Members of this species, like the rest of the Annulariidae, are calciphiles who never venture far from limestone outcrops. They are often found in...
- due to which limestone soils are formed. They encourage the growth of calciphile plants, which often occur in the coastal areas of the country, but are...
- Marion Counties in Tennessee. This species is a limestone specialist (calciphile), and can be found on or around limestone outcrops or between limestone...