Cuscuta europaea

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Habitus and growth type

  • Plant height [m]: 0.61
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  • Life span: Annual
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  • Life form: Therophyte, Herbaceous liana
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Flower

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

  • Seed mass [mg]: 0.45
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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: parasitic vine
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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: Alkaline
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  • Nutrient relationship: Eutrophic
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  • Salinity relationship: Non-saline
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  • Ellenberg-type indicator values

  • Light indicator value: 7.1
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  • Temperature indicator value: 5.8
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  • Moisture indicator value: 7
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  • Reaction indicator value: 7.3
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  • Nutrient indicator value: 7.6
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  • Salinity indicator value: 0
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  • Disturbance indicator values

  • Disturbance frequency: 0.86
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  • Disturbance frequency (herb layer): 1.29
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  • Disturbance severity: 0.57
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  • Disturbance severity (herb layer): 0.49
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  • Mowing frequency: 0.48
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  • Grazing pressure: 0.18
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  • Soil disturbance: 0.17
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Habitat and sociology

  • Syntaxon

  • Diagnostic species of phytosociological classes: QG (EPI) Epilobietea angustifolii
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  • Broad habitat

  • Occurrence in broad habitats: Wetland, Scrub, Synanthropic
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Distribution

  • Continentality: 6
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  • 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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