Sonchus arvensis

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Habitus and growth type

  • Plant height [m]: 0.91
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  • Life span: Perennial
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  • Life form: Hemicryptophyte, Geophyte
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Leaf

  • Specific leaf area [mm2/mg]: 21.7
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Flower

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

  • Seed mass [mg]: 0.56
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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: Alkaline
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  • Nutrient relationship: Eutrophic
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  • Salinity relationship: Slightly saline or brackish
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  • Ellenberg-type indicator values

  • Light indicator value: 7.2
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  • Temperature indicator value: 5.2
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  • Moisture indicator value: 5.4
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  • Reaction indicator value: 7
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  • Nutrient indicator value: 6.6
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  • Salinity indicator value: 0.9
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  • Disturbance indicator values

  • Disturbance frequency: 1.54
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  • Disturbance frequency (herb layer): 1.85
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  • Disturbance severity: 0.72
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  • Disturbance severity (herb layer): 0.7
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  • Mowing frequency: 0.38
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  • Grazing pressure: 0.17
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  • Soil disturbance: 0.61
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Habitat and sociology

  • EUNIS habitat

  • Diagnostic species of EUNIS habitats: V12 Mixed crops of market gardens and horticulture
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  • Broad habitat

  • Occurrence in broad habitats: Coastal saltmarsh, Coastal beach, dune or shingle, Grassland (non-alpine, non-saline), Synanthropic
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Distribution

  • Continentality amplitude: 8
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  • Country-based map: Euro+Med Plantbase
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