Atriplex littoralis
Ecology
An erect annual of open, usually sandy or silty places near the sea, often forming dense stands along saltmarsh drift-lines, estuarine banks and sea-walls, and on waste ground around docks. It also grows in saline areas inland, and as a colonist by salt-treated roads. Lowland.
Status
Trends
The coastal distribution of A. littoralis has remained largely unchanged since the 1962 Atlas, but from the early 1980s onwards it spread rapidly along inland roadsides, particularly in E. England.
World Distribution
Circumpolar Temperate element, with a disjunct distribution.
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Broad Habitats
Light (Ellenberg): 9
Moisture (Ellenberg): 6
Reaction (Ellenberg): 7
Nitrogen (Ellenberg): 6
Salt Tolerance (Ellenberg): 4
January Mean Temperature (Celsius): 4.2
July Mean Temperature (Celsius): 15.4
Annual Precipitation (mm): 822
Height (cm): 100
Perennation - primary
Life Form - primary
Woodiness
Clonality - primary
Count of 10km squares in Great Britain: 362
Count of 10km squares in Ireland: 36
Count of 10km squares in the Channel Isles: 3
Atlas Change Index: 1.59
Weighted Changed Factor: 71
Weighted Change Factor Confidence (90%)
JNCC Designations
Atlas text references
Atlas (84a)
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1991. Atriplex littoralis by the way. BSBI News. 59:11-12.
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1986. Atlas of north European vascular plants north of the Tropic of Cancer. 3 vols.
Jalas & Suominen (1980)
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1999. Atriplex littoralis on inland roadsides. BSBI News. 81:36-37.
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1965. Vergleichende Chorologie der zentraleuropäischen Flora. Volume 1. 2 vols.
Taschereau (1985a)