Typical chalk plants

Here you can find photos of most typical plants which grow on outcrops including pure chalk and sites with negligible soil cover. There are both highly specialised, endemic species which are restricted just to chalk outcrops, and more widely distributed species which are not uncommon on outcrops of other rock types, on disturbed soils, sand, salt marshes and so on. Some tree and shrub species which are used for afforestation of chalk slopes are represented as well.

Pinaceae

Scots PinePinus sylvestris

Ephedraceae

Joint Pine (Joint-fir Ephedra)Ephedra distachya

Ranunculaceae

Lesser Meadow-rueThalictrum minusSpring Adonis (Yellow Pheasant’s Eye)Adonis vernalis

Caryophyllaceae

Silene cretaceaSilene supinaGypsophila oligosperma

Clusiaceae

Hypericum elegans

Cistaceae

Common Rock-roseHelianthemum numullariumHelianthemum cretaceum

Brassicaceae (Cruciferae)

Erucastrum cretaceumDiplotaxis cretaceaTatarian BreadplantCrambe tatariaMeniocus linifoliusAlyssum gymnopodumSchivereckia mutabilisMatthiola fragransErysimum ucranicum

Resedaceae

Wild MignonetteReseda lutea

Primulaceae

Androsace koso-poljanskii

Thymelaeaceae

Daphne sophia

Euphorbiaceae

S?guier’s SpurgeEuphorbia seguieranaEuphorbia stepposaEuphorbia cretophila

Fabaceae (Leguminosae)

Genista tanaiticaAstragalus austriacusAstragalus albicaulisHedysarum grandiflorumHedysarum ucrainicumOnobrychis tanaiticaOxytropis pilosa

Anacardiaceae

Common Smoke Tree (Sumach, Aaron’s-beard)Cotinus coggygria

Linaceae

Linum ucranicumLinum hirsutum

Polygalaceae

Polygala cretacea

Apiaceae (Umbelliferae)

Sickle-leaved Hare’s-earBupleurum falcatumPimpinella titanophilaLibanotis intermedia

Dipsacaceae

Cephalaria uralensis

Asclepiadaceae

White Swallowwort VincetoxicumVincetoxicum hirundinaria

Rubiaceae

SquinancywortAsperula cynanchicaAsperula tephrocarpaGalium tinctorium

Boraginaceae

Onosma tanaiticaNonea rossica

Scrophulariaceae

Linaria cretaceaScrophularia cretaceaMelampyrum argyrocomumOdontites luteusRed BartsiaOdontites vulgaris

Plantaginaceae

European seasidePlantago salsa

Lamiaceae (Labiatae)

Ajuga chiaGolden GermanderTeucrium poliumScutellaria creticolaSalvia verticillataSalvia nutansHyssopus cretaceusThymus calcareus

Campanulaceae

Siberian BellflowerCampanula sibirica

Asteraceae (Compositae)

Inula hirtaArtemisia hololeucaRussian Thistle-like WormwoodArtemisia salsoloidesArtemisia santonicaSenecio schvetzoviiEchinops ruthenicusJurinea arachnoideaCentaurea ruthenicaCentaurea marschallianaCentaurea orientalisTaraxacum serotinum

Asparagaceae

Asparagus polyphyllus

Asphodelaceae

Anthericum ramosum

Alliaceae

Allium inaequale

Cyperaceae

Dwarf SedgeCarex humilis

Poaceae (Gramineae)

Elytrigia stipifoliaKoeleria talieviiFeather Grass (Needle Grass, Spear Grass)Stipa sp.