Medicago rigidula (L.) All.

Minimum height	10
Maximal height	20
Life form	Th
SBT (Social Behaviour Type)	Sr
Ujvárosi's life form system	NA
Modified Ellenberg - Müller-Dombois life form (main category)	Th
Modified Ellenberg - Müller-Dombois life form (sub-category)	Th_win

Chromosome number	14, 16
Ploidy level	NA

Phytosociological categorization (Soó)	962
Phytosociological categorization (Borhidi)	5.3.1.3
Nativeness	cryptogenic species
Residence time	unclear (alien/native?)
Introduction mode	accidental
Invasion status	naturalised species
Area type	MED
Conservation status	P
Conservation value (HUF)	5000
Year of protection	1988
IUCN Red List category	LC
Hungarian Red List category	VU
Conservation value category	V

Ellenberg indicator values
EIV L	NA
EIV T	NA
EIV K	NA
EIV F	NA
EIV R	NA
EIV N	NA
EIV S	NA
Zólyomi's ecological indicator values
TZ-scale	NA
WZ-scale	NA
RZ-scale	NA
Soó's ecological indicator values
TS-scale	4-5
FS- scale	1
RS- scale	2-4
NS-scale	1
Borhidi's ecological indicator values
TB-scale	8
WB-scale	1
RB-scale	8
NB-scale	1
LB-scale	9
CB-scale	7
SB-scale	0

Leaf traits
Leaf Area (Lhotsky et al. 2016)	NA
Leaf Area (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	77.230
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)	419.015
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)	16.221
SLA (Gyalus et al. 2022)	NA
SLA (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	NA
Leaf fresh mass (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	0.013
Leaf fresh mass (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	NA
Leaf dry mass (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	4.870
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.