Cytisus scoparius

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Habitus and growth type

  • Plant height [m]: 1.89
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  • Life span: Perennial
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  • Life form: Phanerophyte, Shrub
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Leaf

  • Leaf type (woody plants only): Broad deciduous or semi-deciduous
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  • Leaf phenology (woody plants only): Winter deciduous
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  • Specific leaf area [mm2/mg]: 12.87
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Flower

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

  • Seed mass [mg]: 7.76
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  • Dispersal mode: Myrmecochory, Anthropochory
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  • Dispersal distance class: 3, 7
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Trophic mode

  • Parasitism and mycoheterotrophy: autotroph
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  • Carnivory: non-carnivorous
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  • Symbiotic nitrogen fixation: symbiosis with rhizobia
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Taxon origin

  • Origin in Europe: native
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Ecology

  • Environmental relationships

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

  • Light indicator value: 7.8
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  • Temperature indicator value: 5.9
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  • Moisture indicator value: 4.5
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  • Reaction indicator value: 3.3
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  • Nutrient indicator value: 3.1
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  • Salinity indicator value: 0
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  • Disturbance indicator values

  • Disturbance frequency: 0.29
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  • Disturbance frequency (herb layer): 1.38
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  • Disturbance severity: 0.56
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  • Disturbance severity (herb layer): 0.23
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  • Mowing frequency: 0.1
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  • Grazing pressure: 0.25
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  • Soil disturbance: 0.15
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Habitat and sociology

  • EUNIS habitat

  • Broad habitat

  • Occurrence in broad habitats: Grassland (non-alpine, non-saline), Heathland, Scrub, Forest, Sparsely vegetated (incl. rock and scree), Synanthropic
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Distribution

  • Continentality: 4
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  • Continentality amplitude: 4
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  • Country-based map: Euro+Med Plantbase
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