Cirsium erisithales (Jacq.) Scop.

Yellow Thistle

Minimum height	50
Maximal height	150
Life form	He
SBT (Social Behaviour Type)	S
Ujvárosi's life form system	NA
Modified Ellenberg - Müller-Dombois life form (main category)	H
Modified Ellenberg - Müller-Dombois life form (sub-category)	NA

Chromosome number	34
Ploidy level	NA

Phytosociological categorization (Soó)	E41
Phytosociological categorization (Borhidi)	5.4.1.2
Nativeness	native species
Residence time
Introduction mode
Invasion status
Area type	CEU
Conservation status	P
Conservation value (HUF)	5000
Year of protection	1982
IUCN Red List category	NE
Hungarian Red List category	VU
Conservation value category	V

Ellenberg indicator values
EIV L	6
EIV T	5
EIV K	5
EIV F	5
EIV R	8
EIV N	2
EIV S	0
Zólyomi's ecological indicator values
TZ-scale	5a
WZ-scale	5
RZ-scale	5
Soó's ecological indicator values
TS-scale	3-4
FS- scale	2-3
RS- scale	4
NS-scale	NA
Borhidi's ecological indicator values
TB-scale	5
WB-scale	6
RB-scale	8
NB-scale	5
LB-scale	6
CB-scale	3
SB-scale	0

Leaf traits
Leaf Area (Lhotsky et al. 2016)	NA
Leaf Area (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	17856.320
Leaf Area (Gyalus et al. 2022)	NA
Leaf Area (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	NA
LDMC (Lhotsky et al. 2016)	NA
LDMC (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	119.718
LDMC (Gyalus et al. 2022)	NA
LDMC (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	NA
SLA (Lhotsky et al. 2016)	NA
SLA (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	34.460
SLA (Gyalus et al. 2022)	NA
SLA (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	NA
Leaf fresh mass (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	4.369
Leaf fresh mass (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	NA
Leaf dry mass (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	528.840
Leaf dry mass (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	NA

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.