Elymus caninus (L.) L.

Bearded Couch

Minimum height	40
Maximal height	120
Life form	He
SBT (Social Behaviour Type)	G
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	28
Ploidy level	NA

Phytosociological categorization (Soó)	E
Phytosociological categorization (Borhidi)	8.4.3
Nativeness	native species
Residence time
Introduction mode
Invasion status
Area type	CIR
Conservation status	not protected
Conservation value (HUF)
Year of protection
IUCN Red List category	NE
Hungarian Red List category
Conservation value category	K

Ellenberg indicator values
EIV L	6
EIV T	6
EIV K	3
EIV F	6
EIV R	7
EIV N	8
EIV S	0
Zólyomi's ecological indicator values
TZ-scale	5
WZ-scale	6
RZ-scale	4
Soó's ecological indicator values
TS-scale	2-3
FS- scale	3
RS- scale	4
NS-scale	4
Borhidi's ecological indicator values
TB-scale	5
WB-scale	6
RB-scale	7
NB-scale	7
LB-scale	5
CB-scale	3
SB-scale	0

Leaf traits
Leaf Area (Lhotsky et al. 2016)	602.100
Leaf Area (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
Leaf Area (Gyalus et al. 2022)	NA
Leaf Area (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	1171.033
LDMC (Lhotsky et al. 2016)	332.550
LDMC (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
LDMC (Gyalus et al. 2022)	NA
LDMC (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	361.481
SLA (Lhotsky et al. 2016)	20.851
SLA (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
SLA (Gyalus et al. 2022)	NA
SLA (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	23.997
Leaf fresh mass (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
Leaf fresh mass (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	0.135
Leaf dry mass (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
Leaf dry mass (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	48.800

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.