Fragaria vesca
Tracheophyta
›Magnoliopsida›Rosaceae›Fragaria›Fragaria vesca
Ecology
A perennial stoloniferous herb of dry, sometimes stony, soils in woodland and scrub, on hedge banks, railway banks and roadsides and on basic rock outcrops and screes in upland areas. It also colonises open ground in quarries and chalk-pits, and grows on walls. It reproduces by seed, and spreads by rooting stolons. 0-640 m (Atholl, E. Perth).
Status
Native
Trends
The map suggests that there may have been a decline in the frequency of F. vesca since the 1962 Atlas.
World Distribution
Eurosiberian Temperate element; also in N. America and widely naturalised outside its native range.
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Broad Habitats
Light (Ellenberg): 6
Moisture (Ellenberg): 5
Reaction (Ellenberg): 6
Nitrogen (Ellenberg): 4
Salt Tolerance (Ellenberg): 0
January Mean Temperature (Celsius): 3.5
July Mean Temperature (Celsius): 14.6
Annual Precipitation (mm): 1091
Height (cm): 30
Perennation - primary
Perennial
Life Form - primary
Hemicryptophyte
Woodiness
Herbaceous
Clonality - primary
Far-creeping by stolons in illuminated medium
Count of 10km squares in Great Britain: 2380
Count of 10km squares in Ireland: 819
Count of 10km squares in the Channel Isles: 6
Atlas Change Index: -1.09
Weighted Changed Factor: -15
Weighted Change Factor Confidence (90%)
17
JNCC Designations
NBNSYS0000003358