Information
Ecological parameter: ELLENBERG - nitrogen figure Central Europe
Parameter group: habitat related parameters
Explanation:
The nitrogen figure characterises the occurrence in the gradient of few to much available nitrogen during the growing period, 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: |
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1 | 1 | indicator of sites extremely poor in available nitrogen |
2 | 2 | between 1 and 3 |
3 | 3 | indicator of sites more or less poor in available nitrogen |
4 | 4 | between 3 and 5 |
5 | 5 | indicator of intermediate nitrogen availability |
6 | 6 | between 5 and 7 |
7 | 7 | indicator of sites rich in available nitrogen |
8 | 8 | between 7 and 9 |
9 | 9 | indicator of extremely nitrogen rich sites, such as cattle resting places or near polluted rivers |
x | x | indifferent behaviour |
? | ? | no information |
Taxagroup | Number of assigned taxa / total number of taxa - percentage |
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Liliopsida | 213 / 361 - 59% |
Lycopsida | 3 / 12 - 25% |
Magnoliopsida | 6 / 20 - 30% |
Polypodiopsida | 10 / 19 - 52.6% |
Rosopsida | 292 / 399 - 73.1% |
Sphenopsida | 8 / 9 - 88.8% |