Lycopus europaeus
Ecology
A rhizomatous perennial herb of wet habitats on organic and mineral soils, including the banks of rivers, streams, lakes and ditches, fens, fen carr, the top of beaches and dune-slacks. It is tolerant of temporary flooding, and is often an early colonist of exposed mud and shallow standing water in newly created wetlands. 0-485 m (Lochan Learg nan Lunn, Mid Perth).
Status
Trends
The current distribution of L. europaeus is apparently stable. Though the species may have disappeared from some sites as a result of drainage and clearance of watercourses, these losses are likely to have been balanced by colonisation of new sites, particularly gravel-pits.
World Distribution
Eurosiberian Temperate element; widely naturalised outside its native range.
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