Environments - Grassy cliffs and slopes, arid and insolated, South-South East oriented, exposed to particularly dry climates.
Climate - The climate is warm, semiarid to arid, mild during winter and with an average annual temperature of about 12°C (54°F). Pluviometric regime characterized by a low annual precipitation (less than 1200mm, average about 700-800mm), with the maximum in correspondance of spring and autumn and with the minimum in summer and winter. Winds blowing from south during summer, with consequent high temperatures and dehydration.
Vegetation - High variety and specialization of a photophilous and thermophilous flora, characterized in S Europe by mediterranean species mixed to alpine species, of continental, balcanical and steppe-like origin (i.e. Eryngium campestre). Typical is the domominance of roverella and relicts of pine tree forests.