1. Calcicole (lime loving) plants include ash trees (Fraxinus spp.), honeysuckle (Lonicera), Buddleja, dogwoods (Cornus spp.), lilac (Syringa) and Clematis species.

2. Arabis (family Cruciferae) A genus of calcicole herbs, often forming mats, in which the stems are erect, and the leaves are usually oblong, sessile, and numerous up the stem.The flowers are 4-petalled, white, or pale yellow

3. Such variability translates within a single area or even during a single cow-day as a very varied supply of fodder sourced from a wide range of environments, from calcicole to acidophilous and xerophilous to moist (LEGROS et al. 1987; DORIOZ, 1995).’