Pyrola minor
Tracheophyta
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Ecology
A rhizomatous, mycorrhizal, perennial evergreen herb. In S. England it is a plant of damp woodlands with deep litter, on a variety of soils; elsewhere it occurs in damp places in heaths, plantations, disused railways, on rock ledges and in sand dunes. 0-1130 m (Ben Lawers, Mid Perth).
Status
Native
Trends
This species has declined throughout its scattered British range through changes in land use and management. Most losses in the south occurred before 1930. The small, southern woodland populations appear particularly vulnerable, with recent losses as sites have become too dry. It sometimes colonises plantations, where it may be introduced or arrive naturally by wind-blown seed.
World Distribution
Circumpolar Boreal-montane element.
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Broad Habitats
Light (Ellenberg): 5
Moisture (Ellenberg): 5
Reaction (Ellenberg): 4
Nitrogen (Ellenberg): 2
Salt Tolerance (Ellenberg): 0
January Mean Temperature (Celsius): 2.6
July Mean Temperature (Celsius): 13.9
Annual Precipitation (mm): 1089
Height (cm): 7
Perennation - primary
Perennial
Life Form - primary
Hemicryptophyte
Life Form - secondary
Chamaephyte
Woodiness
Herbaceous
Clonality - primary
Rhizome shortly creeping
Count of 10km squares in Great Britain: 558
Count of 10km squares in Ireland: 50
Count of 10km squares in the Channel Isles: 0
Atlas Change Index: -0.55
JNCC Designations
NBNSYS0000004590
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