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Anthriscus sylvestris

Tracheophyta ›Magnoliopsida›Apiaceae›Anthriscus›Anthriscus sylvestris

Ecology

A robust perennial herb, characteristic of roadsides and hedgerows, but also occurring in abandoned pastures and under-managed hay meadows, in woodland rides and edges, on railway banks, and on waste and cultivated ground. Very wet or dry habitats are avoided. Seedlings are sometimes plentiful but extension of colonies also occurs by offsets from the main stems. 0-760 m (Mt Brandon, S. Kerry) and 845 m on Great Dun Fell (Westmorland).

Status

Native

Trends

There has been no change in the distribution of A. sylvestris at the 10-km square scale since the 1962 Atlas, but it may have become more frequent on roadsides because of changes in management (e.g. Killick et al., 1998).

World Distribution

Eurasian Boreo-temperate element.

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Broad Habitats

Boundary and linear features (eg hedges, roadsides, walls)

Light (Ellenberg): 6

Moisture (Ellenberg): 5

Reaction (Ellenberg): 7

Nitrogen (Ellenberg): 7

0

Salt Tolerance (Ellenberg): 0

January Mean Temperature (Celsius): 3.6

July Mean Temperature (Celsius): 14.6

Annual Precipitation (mm): 1039

Life form information

Height (cm): 100

Perennation - primary

Perennial

Life Form - primary

Hemicryptophyte

Woodiness

Herbaceous

Clonality - primary

Little or no vegetative spread

Comment on Clonality

clonal growth is accompanied by almost no lateral spread

Distribution information

Count of 10km squares in Great Britain: 2480

Count of 10km squares in Ireland: 805

Count of 10km squares in the Channel Isles: 5

Atlas Change Index: -0.19

Weighted Changed Factor: -7

Weighted Change Factor Confidence (90%)

13

Distribution information

JNCC Designations

NBNSYS0000003641

PLANTATT - Attributes of British and Irish plants. (.zip 1455KB) This dataset was compiled and published in 2004, and last updated in November 2008. Download includes an Excel spreadsheet of the attributes, and a PDF explaining the background and nomenclature. Note that the PDF version is the booklet as published, whereas the Excel spreadsheet incorporates subsequent corrections. A hardcopy can be purchased from the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology.

The Vascular Plant Red Data List for Great Britain.

Atlas text references

Atlas (154d)
Grime JP, Hodgson JG, Hunt R. 
1988.  Comparative Plant Ecology.
Hultén E, Fries M. 
1986.  Atlas of north European vascular plants north of the Tropic of Cancer. 3 vols.
Meusel H, Jäger E, Rauschert S, Weinert E. 
1978.  Vergleichende Chorologie der zentraleuropäischen Flora. Volume 2. 2 vols.
Tutin TG. 
1980.  Umbellifers of the British Isles. Botanical Society of the British Isles Handbook no. 2.