Plantago coronopus
Ecology
A perennial herb of dry, open, often heavily trampled, habitats on acidic to basic stony or sandy soils, and rock crevices. It occurs in open grassland, on heaths, sand dunes and shingle, sea-cliffs and sea-walls, waste ground and by paths. Always known inland in S. and E. England, plants increasingly occur beside salt-treated roads. 0-340 m (Chagford, S. Devon).
Status
Trends
Unlike many halophytes, there has been no major change in the distribution of this species since the 1962 Atlas, although many sites in the Midlands have been lost since 1950 as heathland has been improved.
World Distribution
Eurosiberian Southern-temperate element; widely naturalised outside its native range.
Broad Habitats
Light (Ellenberg): 8
Moisture (Ellenberg): 6
Reaction (Ellenberg): 6
Nitrogen (Ellenberg): 4
Salt Tolerance (Ellenberg): 2
January Mean Temperature (Celsius): 4.1
July Mean Temperature (Celsius): 14.8
Annual Precipitation (mm): 1065
Height (cm): 6
Perennation - primary
Perennation - secondary
Life Form - primary
Woodiness
Clonality - primary
Count of 10km squares in Great Britain: 1445
Count of 10km squares in Ireland: 303
Count of 10km squares in the Channel Isles: 14
Atlas Change Index: 0.16
Weighted Changed Factor: 22
Weighted Change Factor Confidence (90%)
JNCC Designations
Atlas text references
Atlas (255a)
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1953. Biological Flora of the British Isles. No. 38. Plantago coronopus L. Journal of Ecology. 41:467-478.
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1986. Atlas of north European vascular plants north of the Tropic of Cancer. 3 vols.
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1978. Vergleichende Chorologie der zentraleuropäischen Flora. Volume 2. 2 vols.
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