Myriophyllum spicatum L.

Spiked Water-milfoil

Minimum height	NA
Maximal height	300
Life form	HH
SBT (Social Behaviour Type)	C
Ujvárosi's life form system	HY
Modified Ellenberg - Müller-Dombois life form (main category)	HH
Modified Ellenberg - Müller-Dombois life form (sub-category)	NA

Chromosome number	42
Ploidy level	NA

Phytosociological categorization (Soó)	121
Phytosociological categorization (Borhidi)	1.3.1.1
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	LC
Hungarian Red List category
Conservation value category	K

Ellenberg indicator values
EIV L	5
EIV T	6
EIV K	x
EIV F	12
EIV R	9
EIV N	7
EIV S	?
Zólyomi's ecological indicator values
TZ-scale	5
WZ-scale	11
RZ-scale	4
Soó's ecological indicator values
TS-scale	2
FS- scale	3
RS- scale	4
NS-scale	3
Borhidi's ecological indicator values
TB-scale	5
WB-scale	12
RB-scale	8
NB-scale	5
LB-scale	5
CB-scale	4
SB-scale	0

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)	667.680
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)	119.510
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)	67.238
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)	11.212

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.