Andromeda polifolia

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Habitus and growth type

  • Plant height [m]: 0.28
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  • Life span: Perennial
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  • Life form: Chamaephyte, Dwarf shrub
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Leaf

  • Leaf type (woody plants only): Sclerophyllous
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  • Leaf phenology (woody plants only): Evergreen
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  • Specific leaf area [mm2/mg]: 7.66
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Flower

  • Flowering period: April-July
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Fruit, seed and dispersal

  • Seed mass [mg]: 0.19
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  • Dispersal mode: Local non-specific dispersal
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  • Dispersal distance class: 1
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Trophic mode

  • Parasitism and mycoheterotrophy: autotroph
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  • Carnivory: non-carnivorous
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  • Symbiotic nitrogen fixation: no nitrogen-fixing symbionts
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Taxon origin

  • Origin in Europe: native
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Ecology

  • Environmental relationships

  • Substrate humidity relationship: Wet
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  • Substrate reaction relationship: Acidic
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  • Nutrient relationship: Dystrophic
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  • Salinity relationship: Non-saline
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  • Ellenberg-type indicator values

  • Light indicator value: 8.6
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  • Temperature indicator value: 4
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  • Moisture indicator value: 8.8
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  • Reaction indicator value: 1.6
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  • Nutrient indicator value: 1
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  • Salinity indicator value: 0
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  • Disturbance indicator values

  • Disturbance frequency: 0.57
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  • Disturbance frequency (herb layer): 1.37
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  • Disturbance severity: 0.31
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  • Disturbance severity (herb layer): 0.12
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  • Mowing frequency: 0.1
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  • Grazing pressure: 0.14
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  • Soil disturbance: 0.16
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Habitat and sociology

  • Syntaxon

  • Diagnostic species of phytosociological classes: PB (OXY) Oxycocco-Sphagnetea
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  • EUNIS habitat

  • Diagnostic species of EUNIS habitats: Q11 Raised bog, Q31 Palsa mire, T3J Pinus and Larix mire forest
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  • Broad habitat

  • Occurrence in broad habitats: Spring, Mire, Heathland, Forest, Sparsely vegetated (incl. rock and scree)
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Distribution

  • Continentality: 6
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  • Continentality amplitude: 5
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  • Country-based map: Euro+Med Plantbase
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