Melilotus altissimus

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Habitus and growth type

  • Plant height [m]: 0.97
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  • Life span: Biennial or short-lived
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  • Life form: Hemicryptophyte
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Leaf

  • Specific leaf area [mm2/mg]: 15.65
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Flower

  • Flowering period: June-October
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Fruit, seed and dispersal

  • Seed mass [mg]: 4.09
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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: Wet
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  • Substrate reaction relationship: Alkaline
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  • Salinity relationship: Slightly saline or brackish
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  • Ellenberg-type indicator values

  • Light indicator value: 8
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  • Temperature indicator value: 6.2
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  • Moisture indicator value: 6.6
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  • Reaction indicator value: 7
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  • Salinity indicator value: 1.2
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  • Disturbance indicator values

  • Disturbance frequency: 1.37
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  • Disturbance frequency (herb layer): 1.71
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  • Disturbance severity: 0.58
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  • Disturbance severity (herb layer): 0.56
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  • Mowing frequency: 0.77
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  • Grazing pressure: 0.22
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  • Soil disturbance: 0.26
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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: Aquatic, Wetland, Grassland (non-alpine, non-saline), Sparsely vegetated (incl. rock and scree), Synanthropic
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Distribution

  • Continentality: 5
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  • Continentality amplitude: 4
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  • Country-based map: Euro+Med Plantbase

No subordinate taxa were found for this item.

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