Eryngium maritimum
Tracheophyta
›Magnoliopsida›Apiaceae›Eryngium›Eryngium maritimum
Ecology
A glaucous, spiny perennial herb confined to coasts, occurring mainly on incipient and mobile sand dunes and occasionally on shingle. Lowland.
Status
Native
Trends
This species disappeared from most of its sites in N.E. England and E. Scotland before 1930, for reasons which are unclear. There has evidently been some further decline since then.
World Distribution
European Southern-temperate element.
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Broad Habitats
Supralittoral sediment (strandlines, shingle, coastal dunes)
Light (Ellenberg): 9
Moisture (Ellenberg): 4
Reaction (Ellenberg): 6
Nitrogen (Ellenberg): 5
Salt Tolerance (Ellenberg): 3
January Mean Temperature (Celsius): 4.7
July Mean Temperature (Celsius): 15.2
Annual Precipitation (mm): 1010
Height (cm): 60
Perennation - primary
Perennial
Life Form - primary
Hemicryptophyte
Woodiness
Herbaceous
Clonality - primary
Little or no vegetative spread
Count of 10km squares in Great Britain: 291
Count of 10km squares in Ireland: 106
Count of 10km squares in the Channel Isles: 11
Atlas Change Index: -0.8
JNCC Designations
NBNSYS0000003636