Armeria arenaria | Online Atlas of the British and Irish Flora

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Ecology

A perennial herb of fixed sand dunes and coastal headlands. It has a more inland distribution than A. maritima subsp. maritima, and rarely grows with it. It is also recorded as a casual. Lowland.

Status

Native

Trends

In our area A. arenaria is known as a native only in Jersey. There has been no change in its distribution since the 1962 Atlas.

World Distribution

Suboceanic Southern-temperate element.

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Broad Habitats

Light (Ellenberg): 8

Moisture (Ellenberg): 3

Reaction (Ellenberg): 6

Nitrogen (Ellenberg): 2

Salt Tolerance (Ellenberg): 0

January Mean Temperature (Celsius): 6.1

July Mean Temperature (Celsius): 16.9

Annual Precipitation (mm): 843

Height (cm): 20

Perennation - primary

Perennial

Life Form - primary

Chamaephyte

Comment on Life Form

basically a chamaephyte; it does not die back or attempt to hide

Woodiness

Herbaceous

Clonality - primary

Little or no vegetative spread

Count of 10km squares in Great Britain: 0

Count of 10km squares in Ireland: 0

Count of 10km squares in the Channel Isles: 5

JNCC Designations

NHMSYS0000456075

The Vascular Plant Red Data List for Great Britain.

Atlas text references

Atlas (200b)
Le Sueur F.
1984. Flora of Jersey.
Meusel H, Jäger E, Rauschert S, Weinert E.
1978. Vergleichende Chorologie der zentraleuropäischen Flora. Volume 2. 2 vols.