Vaccinium myrtillus

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Habitus and growth type

  • Plant height [m]: 0.38
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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): 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]: 20.87
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Flower

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

  • Seed mass [mg]: 170.37
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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 humidity relationship: Mesic
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  • Substrate reaction relationship: Acidic
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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: 5.7
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  • Reaction indicator value: 1.9
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  • Nutrient indicator value: 2.5
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  • Salinity indicator value: 0
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  • Disturbance indicator values

  • Disturbance frequency: 0.15
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  • Disturbance frequency (herb layer): 1.18
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  • Disturbance severity: 0.61
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  • Disturbance severity (herb layer): 0.16
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  • Mowing frequency: 0.02
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  • Grazing pressure: 0.21
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  • Soil disturbance: 0.13
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Habitat and sociology

  • Syntaxon

  • EUNIS habitat

  • Constant species of EUNIS habitats: N1F Baltic coniferous coastal dune forest, Q11 Raised bog, R1M Lowland to montane, dry to mesic grassland usually dominated by Nardus stricta, R23 Mountain hay meadow, R42 Boreal and Arctic acidophilous alpine grassland, R43 Temperate acidophilous alpine grassland, R52 Forest fringe of acidic nutrient-poor soils, R54 Pteridium aquilinum vegetation, R56 Montane to subalpine moist or wet tall-herb and fern fringe, S11 Shrub tundra, S12 Moss and lichen tundra, S22 Alpine and subalpine ericoid heath, S23 Alpine and subalpine Juniperus scrub, S25 Subalpine and subarctic deciduous scrub, S26 Subalpine Pinus mugo scrub, S31 Lowland to montane temperate and submediterranean Juniperus scrub, S42 Dry heath, T16 Broadleaved mire forest on acid peat, T18 Fagus forest on acid soils, T1B Acidophilous Quercus forest, T1C Temperate and boreal mountain Betula and Populus tremula forest on mineral soils, T1D Southern European mountain Betula and Populus tremula forest on mineral soils, T27 Ilex aquifolium forest, T31 Temperate mountain Picea forest, T32 Temperate mountain Abies forest, T34 Temperate subalpine Larix, Pinus cembra and Pinus uncinata forest, T35 Temperate continental Pinus sylvestris forest, T39 Mediterranean and Balkan subalpine Pinus heldreichii-Pinus peuce forest, T3F Dark taiga, T3G Pinus sylvestris light taiga, T3H Larix light taiga, T3J Pinus and Larix mire forest, T3K Picea mire forest, T3M Coniferous plantation of non site-native trees, U21 Boreal and Arctic siliceous scree and block field, U25 Boreal and Arctic base-rich scree and block field, U35 Boreal and Arctic base-rich inland cliff
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  • Broad habitat

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

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

No subordinate taxa were found for this item.

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