Senecio sylvaticus
Tracheophyta
›Magnoliopsida›Asteraceae›Senecio›Senecio sylvaticus
Ecology
An annual of open habitats on heaths, in cleared and burnt woodland, on bushy commons, banks and sea-cliffs, usually growing on sandy, non-calcareous soils. 0-365 m (Rinns of Kells, Kirkcudbrights.).
Status
Native
Trends
There has been little change in the distribution of S. sylvaticus since the 1962 Atlas.
World Distribution
European Temperate element.
Broad Habitats
Light (Ellenberg): 7
Moisture (Ellenberg): 5
Reaction (Ellenberg): 5
Nitrogen (Ellenberg): 6
Salt Tolerance (Ellenberg): 0
January Mean Temperature (Celsius): 3.6
July Mean Temperature (Celsius): 14.9
Annual Precipitation (mm): 987
Height (cm): 70
Perennation - primary
Annual
Life Form - primary
Therophyte (annual land plant)
Woodiness
Herbaceous
Clonality - primary
Little or no vegetative spread
Count of 10km squares in Great Britain: 1853
Count of 10km squares in Ireland: 238
Count of 10km squares in the Channel Isles: 12
Atlas Change Index: 0.09
Weighted Changed Factor: 12
Weighted Change Factor Confidence (90%)
24
JNCC Designations
NBNSYS0000004369