Epilobium parviflorum
Tracheophyta
›Magnoliopsida›Onagraceae›Epilobium›Epilobium parviflorum
Ecology
A perennial herb, most frequent in marshes, fens, streamsides and other disturbed wet places, spreading by air-borne seed. However, the species will also grow in dry habitats, including quarries, banks and waste ground and as a street weed. Generally lowland, reaching 365 m in Derbyshire.
Status
Native
Trends
There is no evidence of significant change in the range of E. parviflorum since the 1962 Atlas.
World Distribution
European Temperate element.
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Gwaun-cae-Gurwen, vc41
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Gwaun-cae-Gurwen, vc41
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Middleton, vc28
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Woodwalton, vc31
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Broad Habitats
Fen, marsh and swamp (not wooded)
Light (Ellenberg): 7
Moisture (Ellenberg): 9
Reaction (Ellenberg): 7
Nitrogen (Ellenberg): 5
Salt Tolerance (Ellenberg): 0
January Mean Temperature (Celsius): 3.8
July Mean Temperature (Celsius): 14.9
Annual Precipitation (mm): 996
Height (cm): 75
Perennation - primary
Perennial
Life Form - primary
Hemicryptophyte
Woodiness
Herbaceous
Clonality - primary
Little or no vegetative spread
Count of 10km squares in Great Britain: 2070
Count of 10km squares in Ireland: 824
Count of 10km squares in the Channel Isles: 11
Atlas Change Index: -0.41
Weighted Changed Factor: 59
Weighted Change Factor Confidence (90%)
17
JNCC Designations
NHMSYS0000458403
Atlas text references
Atlas (144d)
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1988. Comparative Plant Ecology.
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1986. Atlas of north European vascular plants north of the Tropic of Cancer. 3 vols.
Comment on Clonality