Bellis perennis
Tracheophyta
›Magnoliopsida›Asteraceae›Bellis›Bellis perennis
Ecology
A rosette-forming, winter-green, shortly stoloniferous perennial which grows in mown or heavily grazed or trampled grassland. It occurs in practically all types of neutral and calcareous grassland but it does best in those that are relatively wet for at least part of the year. It is most familiar as a weed of lawns and recreational areas, roadside verges and pastures, but more natural habitats include stream banks, lake margins, dune-slacks and the margins of upland flushes. 0-915 m (Caenlochan, Angus).
Status
Native
Trends
The range of B. perennis is stable.
World Distribution
European Temperate element; widely naturalised outside its native range.
Broad Habitats
Light (Ellenberg): 8
Moisture (Ellenberg): 5
Reaction (Ellenberg): 6
Nitrogen (Ellenberg): 4
Salt Tolerance (Ellenberg): 0
January Mean Temperature (Celsius): 3.5
July Mean Temperature (Celsius): 14.5
Annual Precipitation (mm): 1105
Height (cm): 8
Perennation - primary
Perennial
Life Form - primary
Hemicryptophyte
Woodiness
Herbaceous
Clonality - primary
Rhizome shortly creeping
Count of 10km squares in Great Britain: 2797
Count of 10km squares in Ireland: 984
Count of 10km squares in the Channel Isles: 14
Atlas Change Index: 0.89
Weighted Changed Factor: -36
Weighted Change Factor Confidence (90%)
34
JNCC Designations
NBNSYS0000004445
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