Stachys sylvatica
Tracheophyta
›Magnoliopsida›Lamiaceae›Stachys›Stachys sylvatica
Ecology
A rhizomatous perennial of woods, hedgerows, the banks of rivers and streams, rough grassland and waste places, and, locally, a persistent garden weed. It characteristically grows in moist, fertile, mildly acidic to basic soils in disturbed or lightly to moderately shaded sites. It spreads by vigorous rhizomatous extension, and reproduces by seed and by rhizome fragments. 0-500 m (above Malham, Mid-W. Yorks.), with an exceptional record at 845 m on Great Dun Fell (Westmorland).
Status
Native
Trends
There is no evidence for a change in the overall distribution of S. sylvatica.
World Distribution
Eurosiberian Temperate element.
© G. Toone, IWNHAS
Newchurch
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Newchurch
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SZ339874, Golden Hill
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SZ429848, Brighstone Forest
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Broad Habitats
Boundary and linear features (eg hedges, roadsides, walls)
Light (Ellenberg): 6
Moisture (Ellenberg): 6
Reaction (Ellenberg): 7
Nitrogen (Ellenberg): 8
Salt Tolerance (Ellenberg): 0
January Mean Temperature (Celsius): 3.6
July Mean Temperature (Celsius): 14.7
Annual Precipitation (mm): 1064
Height (cm): 100
Perennation - primary
Perennial
Life Form - primary
Hemicryptophyte
Woodiness
Herbaceous
Clonality - primary
Rhizome far-creeping
Count of 10km squares in Great Britain: 2462
Count of 10km squares in Ireland: 806
Count of 10km squares in the Channel Isles: 12
Atlas Change Index: -0.49
Weighted Changed Factor: -15
Weighted Change Factor Confidence (90%)
12
JNCC Designations
NBNSYS0000004236