Monotropa hypopitys
Ecology
A saprophytic perennial herb of leaf litter in shaded woodlands, most frequent under Fagus and Corylus on calcareous substrates, and under Pinus on more acidic soils. It also grows in damp dune-slacks, where it is usually associated with Salix repens. 0-395 m (Buxton, Derbys.).
Status
Trends
A polyploid complex, with two subspecies in our area which are not easily separable morphologically. Although many sites were lost before 1930, the species has suffered a further marked decline in S. England since the 1962 Atlas. Though rare in Ireland, Curtis & McGough (1988) considered it to have been under-recorded in recent years.
World Distribution
Circumpolar Temperate element.
Broad Habitats
Light (Ellenberg): 4
Moisture (Ellenberg): 5
Reaction (Ellenberg): 6
Nitrogen (Ellenberg): 2
Salt Tolerance (Ellenberg): 0
January Mean Temperature (Celsius): 3.7
July Mean Temperature (Celsius): 15.8
Annual Precipitation (mm): 817
Height (cm): 30
Perennation - primary
Life Form - primary
Woodiness
Clonality - primary
Count of 10km squares in Great Britain: 288
Count of 10km squares in Ireland: 24
Count of 10km squares in the Channel Isles: 0
Atlas Change Index: -1.09
JNCC Designations
External Species Accounts
Atlas text references
Atlas (198a)
Atlas Supp (45b
c) .
1986. Atlas of north European vascular plants north of the Tropic of Cancer. 3 vols. .
1978. Vergleichende Chorologie der zentraleuropäischen Flora. Volume 2. 2 vols.