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Ecological parameter:  ELLENBERG - continentality figure Central Europe

Parameter group: occurrence related parameters

Explanation:
The continentality figure characterises the occurrence in the gradient from the Atlantic coast to the inner parts of Eurasia.

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


Classification system: score

Abbreviations:
Category nameAbbreviationExplanation
11extreme oceanic, in Central Europe only in an few outposts
22oceanic, mainly in the West, including western Central Europe
33between 2 and 4
44suboceanic, mainly in Central Europe, but spreading eastward
55intermediate, weakly suboceanic to weakly subcontinental
66subcontinental, mainly in the east of Central Europe and adjoining parts of Eastern Europe
77between 6 and 8
88continental, spreading into Central Europe from the east only exceptionally
99extreme continental, virtually absent from western Europe
xxindifferent behaviour
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Assigned taxa for each higher systematic unit
TaxagroupNumber of assigned taxa / total number of taxa - percentage