Cakile maritima
Ecology
An annual, predominately found on sandy seashores and on fore-dunes. It is often very frequent along the winter storm tide-line where there is a good source of nutrients. It is rarer on shingle beaches and is only an occasional casual elsewhere. Seeds are dispersed by tides. Lowland.
Status
Trends
The distribution of C. maritima seems stable in Britain, though numbers fluctuate enormously from year to year.
World Distribution
European Wide-temperate element.
Broad Habitats
Light (Ellenberg): 9
Moisture (Ellenberg): 6
Reaction (Ellenberg): 7
Nitrogen (Ellenberg): 7
Salt Tolerance (Ellenberg): 3
January Mean Temperature (Celsius): 4.4
July Mean Temperature (Celsius): 14.6
Annual Precipitation (mm): 1011
Height (cm): 30
Perennation - primary
Life Form - primary
Woodiness
Clonality - primary
Count of 10km squares in Great Britain: 576
Count of 10km squares in Ireland: 131
Count of 10km squares in the Channel Isles: 13
Atlas Change Index: -0.38
Weighted Changed Factor: 19
Weighted Change Factor Confidence (90%)
JNCC Designations
Atlas text references
Atlas (37a)
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1982. Salt and mineral nutrient levels in fruits of two strand species, Cakile maritima and Arctotheca populifera, with special reference to the effect of salt on the germination of Cakile. Annals of Botany n.s.. 50:335-343.
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1986. Atlas of north European vascular plants north of the Tropic of Cancer. 3 vols.
Jalas & Suominen (1996)
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1965. Vergleichende Chorologie der zentraleuropäischen Flora. Volume 1. 2 vols.
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1991. Crucifers of Great Britain and Ireland. Botanical Society of the British Isles Handbook no. 6.