Brachypodium sylvaticum
Tracheophyta
›Magnoliopsida›Poaceae›Brachypodium›Brachypodium sylvaticum
Ecology
A tufted perennial herb of well-drained neutral to calcareous soils. In the lowlands, it is predominantly a plant of woodland and other shady habitats, including hedgerows, railway banks and roadsides, and it has colonised chalk and limestone downland following scrub invasion. It can persist in areas of former woodland or scrub. Above c. 200 m, it can occur in more open situations including limestone grassland and pavements, cliffs and screes. 0-465 m (Highfolds Scar, Malham, Mid-W. Yorks.).
Status
Native
Trends
The distribution of B. sylvaticum is stable.
World Distribution
European Temperate element; also in C. and E. Asia and widely naturalised outside its native range.
© S. Hammonds
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Broad Habitats
Broadleaved, mixed and yew woodland
Light (Ellenberg): 6
Moisture (Ellenberg): 5
Reaction (Ellenberg): 6
Nitrogen (Ellenberg): 5
Salt Tolerance (Ellenberg): 0
January Mean Temperature (Celsius): 3.7
July Mean Temperature (Celsius): 14.7
Annual Precipitation (mm): 1062
Height (cm): 95
Perennation - primary
Perennial
Life Form - primary
Hemicryptophyte
Woodiness
Herbaceous
Clonality - primary
Tussock-forming graminoid, may slowly spread
Count of 10km squares in Great Britain: 2310
Count of 10km squares in Ireland: 787
Count of 10km squares in the Channel Isles: 12
Atlas Change Index: -0.17
Weighted Changed Factor: 7
Weighted Change Factor Confidence (90%)
13
JNCC Designations
NHMSYS0000456587