Vulpia bromoides
Tracheophyta
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Ecology
An annual of open grasslands, heaths, cliff-tops and sand dunes. It also grows in artificial habitats such as quarries, wall-tops, by railways and on waste ground in built-up areas. It was a frequent introduction from wool shoddy. V. bromoides favours well-drained soils, often growing abundantly on drought-prone S.-facing banks and slopes, but appears to be indifferent to soil pH. 0-490 m (Fanna Hill, Roxburghs.).
Status
Native
Trends
There has been little change in the range of V. bromoides since the 1962 Atlas, though it now appears to be more frequent in many areas.
World Distribution
Submediterranean-Subatlantic element; widely naturalised outside its native range.
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Broad Habitats
Boundary and linear features (eg hedges, roadsides, walls)
Light (Ellenberg): 8
Moisture (Ellenberg): 4
Reaction (Ellenberg): 5
Nitrogen (Ellenberg): 3
Salt Tolerance (Ellenberg): 0
January Mean Temperature (Celsius): 3.8
July Mean Temperature (Celsius): 15
Annual Precipitation (mm): 1006
Height (cm): 37
Perennation - primary
Annual
Life Form - primary
Therophyte (annual land plant)
Woodiness
Herbaceous
Clonality - primary
Little or no vegetative spread
Count of 10km squares in Great Britain: 1777
Count of 10km squares in Ireland: 513
Count of 10km squares in the Channel Isles: 12
Atlas Change Index: 0.18
Weighted Changed Factor: 32
Weighted Change Factor Confidence (90%)
20
JNCC Designations
NBNSYS0000002533