Amaranthus blitum L.

Guernsey Pigweed

Minimum height	10
Maximal height	80
Life form	Th
SBT (Social Behaviour Type)	W
Ujvárosi's life form system	T4
Modified Ellenberg - Müller-Dombois life form (main category)	Th
Modified Ellenberg - Müller-Dombois life form (sub-category)	Th_sum

Chromosome number	34
Ploidy level	NA

Phytosociological categorization (Soó)	A
Phytosociological categorization (Borhidi)	3.2
Nativeness	alien species
Residence time	neophyte
Introduction mode	accidental
Invasion status	naturalised species
Area type	ADV
Conservation status	not protected
Conservation value (HUF)	–
Year of protection	–
IUCN Red List category	NE
Hungarian Red List category	–
Conservation value category	G

Ellenberg indicator values
EIV L	8
EIV T	7
EIV K	3
EIV F	4
EIV R	x
EIV N	8
EIV S	0
Zólyomi's ecological indicator values
TZ-scale	NA
WZ-scale	NA
RZ-scale	NA
Soó's ecological indicator values
TS-scale	0
FS- scale	2-3
RS- scale	0
NS-scale	4
Borhidi's ecological indicator values
TB-scale	8
WB-scale	4
RB-scale	7
NB-scale	8
LB-scale	8
CB-scale	3
SB-scale	1

Leaf traits
Leaf Area (Lhotsky et al. 2016)	NA
Leaf Area (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
Leaf Area (Gyalus et al. 2022)	NA
Leaf Area (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	427.150
LDMC (Lhotsky et al. 2016)	NA
LDMC (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
LDMC (Gyalus et al. 2022)	NA
LDMC (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	215.373
SLA (Lhotsky et al. 2016)	NA
SLA (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
SLA (Gyalus et al. 2022)	NA
SLA (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	26.845
Leaf fresh mass (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
Leaf fresh mass (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	0.092
Leaf dry mass (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
Leaf dry mass (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	14.997

Distribution in Hungary

Distribution maps presented here are only for reference purposes, for more details see the Vascular plants of Hungary online database.

Last update: 3 February 2022.