Erica cinerea

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Habitus and growth type

  • Plant height [m]: 0.49
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  • Life span: Perennial
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  • Life form: Chamaephyte, Dwarf shrub
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  • Spinescence: not spinescent
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Leaf

  • Specific leaf area [mm2/mg]: 10.88
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Flower

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

  • Seed mass [mg]: 0.08
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  • Dispersal mode: Anemochory, Anthropochory
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  • Dispersal distance class: 5, 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: 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: 7.8
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  • Temperature indicator value: 6.6
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  • Moisture indicator value: 4.5
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  • Reaction indicator value: 2
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  • Nutrient indicator value: 1.4
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  • Salinity indicator value: 0
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  • Disturbance indicator values

  • Disturbance frequency: 0.52
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  • Disturbance frequency (herb layer): 1.47
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  • Disturbance severity: 0.5
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  • Disturbance severity (herb layer): 0.27
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  • Mowing frequency: 0.1
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  • Grazing pressure: 0.28
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  • Soil disturbance: 0.16
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Habitat and sociology

  • Syntaxon

  • Diagnostic species of phytosociological classes: CH (ULI) Calluno-Ulicetea
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  • EUNIS habitat

  • Diagnostic species of EUNIS habitats: N19 Atlantic coastal Calluna and Ulex heath, Q12 Blanket bog
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  • Broad habitat

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

  • Continentality: 1
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  • Continentality amplitude: 1
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  • Country-based map: Euro+Med Plantbase

No subordinate taxa were found for this item.

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