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Ecological parameter:  LANDOLT Bryophytes - growth form Switzerland (Alpine region)

Parameter group: life related parameters

Explanation:
The given information classifies the growth form of a bryophyte species.

Landolt, E., Bäumler, B., Erhardt, A., Hegg, O., Klötzli, F., Lämmler, W., Nobis, M., Rudmann-Maurer, K., Schweingruber, F.H., Theurillat, J.-P., Urmi, E., Vust, M. & Wohlgemuth, T. (2010): Flora indicativa - Ökologische Zeigerwerte und biologische Kennzeichen zur Flora der Schweiz und der Alpen, 2. Aufl., Haupt Verlag, Bern, Stuttgart, Wien, 378pp.


Classification system: category

Abbreviations:
Category nameAbbreviationExplanation
BB ± dendroid, mostly with creeping "rhizome" and errect shoots
DDrelatively large and essentially plagiotropic shoots in deep mat
GGbud-like
PPcushion of ± errect, densely arranged shoots
RRturf form loosely growing, errect shoots
TTthalloid, forming rosettes or branched bands
ÜÜthin mat of small, creeping shoots
Assigned taxa for each higher systematic unit
TaxagroupNumber of assigned taxa / total number of taxa - percentage