Scutellaria galericulata
Tracheophyta
›Magnoliopsida›Lamiaceae›Scutellaria›Scutellaria galericulata
Ecology
A perennial herb associated with a variety of wetland habitats including ponds, rivers, canals, marshes, fens, fen-meadows, wet woodland and dune-slacks. It also grows on coastal boulder beaches in Scotland. Generally lowland, but reaching 365 m at High Cup Gill (Westmorland).
Status
Native
Trends
S. galericulata was mapped as `all records` in the 1962 Atlas. It has declined in England as a result of drainage and habitat destruction (Mountford, 1994). Elsewhere there is no evidence for a change in distribution.
World Distribution
Eurosiberian Boreo-temperate element; also in N. America.
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Broad Habitats
Fen, marsh and swamp (not wooded)
Light (Ellenberg): 7
Moisture (Ellenberg): 8
Reaction (Ellenberg): 6
Nitrogen (Ellenberg): 5
Salt Tolerance (Ellenberg): 0
January Mean Temperature (Celsius): 3.6
July Mean Temperature (Celsius): 14.9
Annual Precipitation (mm): 1055
Height (cm): 50
Perennation - primary
Perennial
Life Form - primary
Hemicryptophyte
Woodiness
Herbaceous
Clonality - primary
Rhizome shortly creeping
Count of 10km squares in Great Britain: 1751
Count of 10km squares in Ireland: 212
Count of 10km squares in the Channel Isles: 4
Atlas Change Index: -0.39
Weighted Changed Factor: 19
Weighted Change Factor Confidence (90%)
21
JNCC Designations
NBNSYS0000004259