Agrimonia eupatoria
Tracheophyta
›Magnoliopsida›Rosaceae›Agrimonia›Agrimonia eupatoria
Ecology
A perennial herb of basic and neutral soils, occurring in hedge banks, on woodland margins and rides, in field-borders and open grassland, on roadsides and railway banks, and sometimes in waste places. It reproduces and spreads by seed. 0-365 m (N.W. Yorks.).
Status
Native
Trends
The map suggests a slight decline in the distribution of A. eupatoria since the 1962 Atlas.
World Distribution
Eurosiberian Southern-temperate element; widely naturalised outside its native range.
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Broad Habitats
Neutral grassland (includes coarse Arrhenatherum grassland)
Light (Ellenberg): 7
Moisture (Ellenberg): 4
Reaction (Ellenberg): 7
Nitrogen (Ellenberg): 4
Salt Tolerance (Ellenberg): 0
January Mean Temperature (Celsius): 3.8
July Mean Temperature (Celsius): 15.1
Annual Precipitation (mm): 953
Height (cm): 60
Perennation - primary
Perennial
Life Form - primary
Hemicryptophyte
Woodiness
Herbaceous
Clonality - primary
Little or no vegetative spread
Count of 10km squares in Great Britain: 1859
Count of 10km squares in Ireland: 532
Count of 10km squares in the Channel Isles: 9
Atlas Change Index: -0.89
Weighted Changed Factor: -17
Weighted Change Factor Confidence (90%)
11
JNCC Designations
NBNSYS0000003366