Lotus corniculatus

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Habitus and growth type

  • Plant height [m]: 0.33
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  • Life span: Perennial
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  • Life form: Hemicryptophyte
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Leaf

  • Specific leaf area [mm2/mg]: 23.05
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Flower

  • Flowering period: March-September
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Fruit, seed and dispersal

  • Seed mass [mg]: 1.16
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  • Dispersal mode: Local non-specific dispersal
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  • Dispersal distance class: 2
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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: Dry
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  • Substrate reaction relationship: Alkaline
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  • Nutrient relationship: Oligotrophic
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  • Salinity relationship: Non-saline
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  • Ellenberg-type indicator values

  • Light indicator value: 7.3
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  • Temperature indicator value: 5
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  • Reaction indicator value: 6.6
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  • Nutrient indicator value: 2.5
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  • Salinity indicator value: 0.4
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  • Disturbance indicator values

  • Disturbance frequency: 1.14
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  • Disturbance frequency (herb layer): 1.8
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  • Disturbance severity: 0.5
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  • Disturbance severity (herb layer): 0.45
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  • Mowing frequency: 0.67
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  • Grazing pressure: 0.28
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  • Soil disturbance: 0.26
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Habitat and sociology

  • EUNIS habitat

  • Constant species of EUNIS habitats: MA222 Atlantic upper saltmarsh, N18 Atlantic and Baltic coastal Empetrum heath, N19 Atlantic coastal Calluna and Ulex heath, N1A Atlantic and Baltic coastal dune scrub, N1H Atlantic and Baltic moist and wet dune slack, N34 Atlantic and Baltic soft sea cliff, R14 Perennial rocky grassland of the Italian Peninsula, R17 Heavy-metal dry grassland of the Balkans, R18 Perennial rocky calcareous grassland of subatlantic-submediterranean Europe, R19 Dry steppic submediterranean pasture of the Amphi-Adriatic region, R1A Semi-dry perennial calcareous grassland (meadow steppe), R1K Balkan and Anatolian oromediterranean dry grassland, R1M Lowland to montane, dry to mesic grassland usually dominated by Nardus stricta, R1S Heavy-metal grassland in Western and Central Europe, R21 Mesic permanent pasture of lowlands and mountains, R22 Low and medium altitude hay meadow, R23 Mountain hay meadow, R32 Mediterranean short moist grassland of lowlands, R33 Mediterranean short moist grassland of mountains, R34 Submediterranean moist meadow, R37 Temperate and boreal moist or wet oligotrophic grassland, R44 Arctic-alpine calcareous grassland, R51 Thermophilous forest fringe of base-rich soils, S22 Alpine and subalpine ericoid heath, S24 Subalpine genistoid scrub of the Amphi-Adriatic region, S31 Lowland to montane temperate and submediterranean Juniperus scrub, S34 Balkan-Anatolian submontane genistoid scrub, S53 Spartium junceum scrub, T34 Temperate subalpine Larix, Pinus cembra and Pinus uncinata forest, T36 Temperate and submediterranean montane Pinus sylvestris-Pinus nigra forest, U71 Unvegetated or sparsely vegetated gravel bar in montane and alpine regions
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  • Broad habitat

  • Occurrence in broad habitats: Coastal saltmarsh, Coastal cliff, Wetland, Mire, Grassland (non-alpine, non-saline), Alpine-subalpine and arctic grassland, Heathland, Scrub, Forest, Sparsely vegetated (incl. rock and scree)
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Distribution

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