Myrtus communis

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Habitus and growth type

  • Plant height [m]: 2.25
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  • Life span: Perennial
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  • Life form: Phanerophyte, Shrub
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  • Spinescence: not spinescent
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Leaf

  • Specific leaf area [mm2/mg]: 9.13
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Flower

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

  • Seed mass [mg]: 12.91
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  • Dispersal mode: Endozoochory
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  • Dispersal distance class: 6
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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 reaction relationship: Slightly acidic to near-neutral
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  • Nutrient relationship: Mesotrophic
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  • Salinity relationship: Slightly saline or brackish
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  • Ellenberg-type indicator values

  • Light indicator value: 7.3
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  • Temperature indicator value: 9.5
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  • Reaction indicator value: 5.3
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  • Nutrient indicator value: 4.3
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  • Salinity indicator value: 0.5
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  • Disturbance indicator values

  • Disturbance frequency: 0.22
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  • Disturbance frequency (herb layer): 1.33
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  • Disturbance severity: 0.7
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  • Disturbance severity (herb layer): 0.24
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  • Mowing frequency: 0.01
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  • Grazing pressure: 0.26
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  • Soil disturbance: 0.09
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Habitat and sociology

  • Syntaxon

  • EUNIS habitat

  • Diagnostic species of EUNIS habitats: S51 Mediterranean maquis and arborescent matorral
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  • Broad habitat

  • Occurrence in broad habitats: Scrub, Forest
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Distribution

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