Ecological parameter: ELLENBERG - light figure Central Europe

Parameter group: habitat related parameters

Explanation:
The light figure characterises the occurrence in relation to relative irradiance intensity (r.i.), valid for Central Europe.

Ellenberg, H., Weber, H.E., Düll, R., Wirth, V. & Werner, W. (2001): Zeigerwerte von Pflanzen in Mitteleuropa. Scripta Geobotanica 18, 262pp.

Type of assignment: single category assignment system ()
A description of the coding system can be found here  Abbreviations/Coding Systems

Abbreviations:

Category name:	Abbreviations:	Explanation:
1	1	plant in deep shade, may be less than 1%, seldom more than 30% r.i.
2	2	between 1 and 3
3	3	shade plant, mostly less than 5% r.i., but also in lighter places
4	4	between 3 and 5
5	5	semi-shade plant, rarely in full light, but generally with more than 10% r.i.
6	6	between 5 and 7
7	7	plant generally in well lit place, but also occurring in partial shade
8	8	light-loving plant, rarely found when r.i. is less than 40% r.i.
9	9	plant in full light, found mostly in full sun, rarely with less than 50% r.i.
x	x	indifferent behaviour
?	?	no information

Assigned taxa for each higher systematic unit:

Taxagroup	Number of assigned taxa / total number of taxa - percentage
Bryopsida	188 / 213 - 88.2%
Liliopsida	213 / 361 - 59%
Lycopsida	3 / 12 - 25%
Magnoliopsida	6 / 20 - 30%
Marchantiopsida	55 / 62 - 88.7%
Polypodiopsida	10 / 19 - 52.6%
Rosopsida	292 / 399 - 73.1%
Sphenopsida	8 / 9 - 88.8%