Drosera anglica
Tracheophyta
›Magnoliopsida›Droseraceae›Drosera›Drosera anglica
Ecology
An insectivorous, rosette-forming perennial herb growing in the wetter parts of raised and blanket bogs (often in standing water), in flushed valley bogs, on stony lake shores and, more rarely, in calcareous mires. Generally lowland, but with an exceptional record of 915 m from Glas Maol (Angus).
Status
Native
Trends
D. anglica is the most striking of our sundews. It has been declining in England and C. Ireland since the 19th century due to drainage, eutrophication and peat extraction. Such losses continue, particularly in the English part of its range.
World Distribution
Circumpolar Boreal-montane element.
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Broad Habitats
Light (Ellenberg): 8
Moisture (Ellenberg): 9
Reaction (Ellenberg): 2
Nitrogen (Ellenberg): 1
Salt Tolerance (Ellenberg): 0
January Mean Temperature (Celsius): 3.2
July Mean Temperature (Celsius): 13.4
Annual Precipitation (mm): 1422
Height (cm): 13
Perennation - primary
Perennial
Life Form - primary
Hemicryptophyte
Woodiness
Herbaceous
Clonality - primary
Little or no vegetative spread
Count of 10km squares in Great Britain: 601
Count of 10km squares in Ireland: 292
Count of 10km squares in the Channel Isles: 0
Atlas Change Index: -0.85
Weighted Changed Factor: -4
Weighted Change Factor Confidence (90%)
19
JNCC Designations
NBNSYS0000146364