Calcareous grassland is an ecosystem associated with thin basic soil, such as that on chalk and limestone downland.
Ranscombe Farm, Medway on the North Downs. In June, these meadows are covered with chalk grassland flowers.
Wacholderheide, Swabian Alb, Naturschutzgebiet Digelfeld
Rendzina is a soil type recognized in various soil classification systems, including those of Britain and Germany as well as some obsolete systems. They are humus-rich shallow soils that are usually f
Rendzina soil (Castelltallat)
Rendzina soil on the Maastrichtian Chalk in Kozubów Landscape Park, Poland