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Ecological parameter: ELLENBERG - temperature figure Central Europe

Parameter group: habitat related parameters

Explanation:
The temperature figure characterises the occurrence in the temperature gradient from alpine levels to lowlands, 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.


Classification system: score
A description of the coding system can be found here  Abbreviations/Coding Systems

Abbreviations:
Category name:Abbreviations:Explanation:
11cold-indicator plant, found only in high mountains (or in boreal-arctic regions), mostly in alpine and nival levels
22between 1 and 3
33indicator of cool conditions, mainly subalpine
44between 3 and 5
55indicator of fairly warm conditions, from lowland to montane, but especial in submontane-temperate sites
66between 5 and 7
77warmth indicator, in warm lowland sites and colline levels
88between 7 and 9
99indicator of extreme warm conditions, spreading from the Mediterranean only into the warmest places of the upper Rhine valley
xxindifferent behaviour
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Assigned taxa for each higher systematic unit:
TaxagroupNumber of assigned taxa / total number of taxa - percentage
Bryopsida188 / 213 - 88.2%
Liliopsida213 / 361 - 59%
Lycopsida3 / 12 - 25%
Magnoliopsida6 / 20 - 30%
Marchantiopsida55 / 62 - 88.7%
Polypodiopsida10 / 19 - 52.6%
Rosopsida292 / 399 - 73.1%
Sphenopsida8 / 9 - 88.8%