Trichophorum alpinum
Tracheophyta
›Magnoliopsida›Cyperaceae›Trichophorum›Trichophorum alpinum
Ecology
A perennial herb, formerly known from the drier parts of a single bog in Angus. Lowland.
Status
Native
Trends
In Britain, T. alpinum has only been recorded from the Moss of Restennet, where it was first discovered in 1791. It was extinct by about 1804, probably as a result of the extraction of marl from the site.
World Distribution
Circumpolar Boreal-montane element, with a continental distribution in W. Europe.
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Broad Habitats
Bog
Light (Ellenberg): 8
Moisture (Ellenberg): 9
Reaction (Ellenberg): 2
Nitrogen (Ellenberg): 2
Salt Tolerance (Ellenberg): 0
January Mean Temperature (Celsius): 2.8
July Mean Temperature (Celsius): 14
Annual Precipitation (mm): 858
Height (cm): 30
Perennation - primary
Perennial
Life Form - primary
Hemicryptophyte
Woodiness
Herbaceous
Clonality - primary
Rhizome shortly creeping
Count of 10km squares in Great Britain: 1
Count of 10km squares in Ireland: 0
Count of 10km squares in the Channel Isles: 0
Plantatt Conservation Status
Extinct
JNCC Designations
NBNSYS0000002377
Atlas text references
Atlas (347c)
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1986. Atlas of north European vascular plants north of the Tropic of Cancer. 3 vols.
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1981. The flora of Angus (Forfar, V.C. 90).
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1998. On the extinct plants of Scotland. Species history in Scotland. :45-62.
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1999. Britain's rare flowers.