Melilotus altissimus Thuill.

Tall Melilot

Minimum height	35
Maximal height	100
Life form	HT(-Th)
SBT (Social Behaviour Type)	W
Ujvárosi's life form system	NA
Modified Ellenberg - Müller-Dombois life form (main category)	NA
Modified Ellenberg - Müller-Dombois life form (sub-category)	NA

Chromosome number	16
Ploidy level	NA

Phytosociological categorization (Soó)	5362
Phytosociological categorization (Borhidi)	3.5.2.
Nativeness	native species
Residence time	–
Introduction mode	–
Invasion status	–
Area type	EUA
Conservation status	not protected
Conservation value (HUF)	–
Year of protection	–
IUCN Red List category	NE
Hungarian Red List category	DD: Melilotus altissimus ssp. macrorrhizus
Conservation value category	TZ

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

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)	147.067
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)	297.143
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)	14.141
Leaf fresh mass (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
Leaf fresh mass (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	0.035
Leaf dry mass (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
Leaf dry mass (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	10.400

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.