LICHALP

Placynthium hungaricum Gyeln.

Lichenised.

Substrate: calciferous rocks

Altitudinal range: from the mesomediterranean belt (potential vegetation: evergreen broad-leaved forests dominated by Quercus ilex) to the alpine belt (potential vegetation: treeless Alpine grasslands and tundras, to the lower limit of perennial snow and the equilibrium line of glaciers)

Note: a Mediterranean to mild-temperate species found on steeply inclined, sun-exposed seepage tracks of calcareous rocks, usually below the subalpine belt.