Campanula rotundifolia
Tracheophyta
›Magnoliopsida›Campanulaceae›Campanula›Campanula rotundifolia
Ecology
A rhizomatous perennial herb of dry, open, infertile habitats including grassland, fixed dunes, rock ledges, roadsides and railway banks. It tolerates a wide range of soil pH, being found on both mildly acidic and calcareous substrates, and heavy-metal tolerant races are known. 0-1160 m (Breadalbanes, Mid Perth).
Status
Native
Trends
There has been no significant change in the range of this species, other than some local declines at the edges of its range. It was mapped as `all records` in the 1962 Atlas. Its absence from some apparently suitable areas, especially in S.W. England, is very difficult to explain.
World Distribution
Circumpolar Boreo-temperate element.
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Broad Habitats
Calcareous grassland (includes lowland and montane types)
Light (Ellenberg): 7
Moisture (Ellenberg): 4
Reaction (Ellenberg): 5
Nitrogen (Ellenberg): 2
Salt Tolerance (Ellenberg): 0
January Mean Temperature (Celsius): 3.2
July Mean Temperature (Celsius): 14.4
Annual Precipitation (mm): 1104
Height (cm): 45
Perennation - primary
Perennial
Life Form - primary
Hemicryptophyte
Woodiness
Herbaceous
Clonality - primary
Rhizome shortly creeping
Clonality - secondary
Shortly creeping and rooting at nodes
Count of 10km squares in Great Britain: 2294
Count of 10km squares in Ireland: 270
Count of 10km squares in the Channel Isles: 0
Atlas Change Index: -0.92
Weighted Changed Factor: -21
Weighted Change Factor Confidence (90%)
12
JNCC Designations
NBNSYS0000004288
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