calcicole


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calcicole

a plant usually found on or limited to soils containing free calcium carbonate, such as Fragaria vesca, the wild strawberry.
Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005
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The proportions of calcicole vascular plant and bryophyte species were not related to the number of plots per cluster.
Species composition and structure of vascular plants and bryophytes on the water level gradient within a calcareous fen in North Estonia/Pohja-Eesti kaltsiumirikka madalsoo soontaime- ja samblaliikide koostis ning struktuur veetaseme gradiendil
The plants that grow in calcareous soils (calcicole plants) have been shown to exude mostly di- and tri-carboxylic acids which potentially possess a high mobilisation efficiency/capacity for P, Fe, and Mn within these soils (Tyler and Strom 1995; Strom 1997).
Organic acid mediated nutrient extraction efficiency in three calcareous soils
Does lack of available suitable habitat explain the patchy distributions of rare calcicole fern species?.
Bibliografia Botanica Iberica, 2003-2005 Pteridophyta

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