Anagallis minima
Ecology
An annual of open places on damp, sandy sites, often near the sea and usually on acidic soils. Habitats include sand dunes, sandy cliffs, along paths and tracks on heathland, and in forest rides. It is a poor competitor where grazing is relaxed and general disturbance ceases. Lowland.
Status
Trends
Many sites, especially inland ones, were lost before 1930. In England these losses have continued or accelerated, possibly through changes in heathland management, but the distribution is stable elsewhere. It is also very easily overlooked, and is probably under-recorded.
World Distribution
European Temperate element; also in N. America and widely naturalised outside its native range.
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Broad Habitats
Light (Ellenberg): 8
Moisture (Ellenberg): 7
Reaction (Ellenberg): 5
Nitrogen (Ellenberg): 3
Salt Tolerance (Ellenberg): 0
January Mean Temperature (Celsius): 4.2
July Mean Temperature (Celsius): 14.8
Annual Precipitation (mm): 1155
Height (cm): 5
Perennation - primary
Life Form - primary
Woodiness
Clonality - primary
Count of 10km squares in Great Britain: 532
Count of 10km squares in Ireland: 87
Count of 10km squares in the Channel Isles: 7
Atlas Change Index: -1.16
JNCC Designations
Atlas text references
Atlas (204d)
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1986. Atlas of north European vascular plants north of the Tropic of Cancer. 3 vols.
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1978. Vergleichende Chorologie der zentraleuropäischen Flora. Volume 2. 2 vols.
Salisbury (1969b)