Nepeta cataria L.

Cat-mint

Minimum height	40
Maximal height	100
Life form	He
SBT (Social Behaviour Type)	W
Ujvárosi's life form system	H4
Modified Ellenberg - Müller-Dombois life form (main category)	H
Modified Ellenberg - Müller-Dombois life form (sub-category)	NA

Chromosome number	34, 36
Ploidy level	NA

Phytosociological categorization (Soó)	A3
Phytosociological categorization (Borhidi)	3.5.1.1
Nativeness	alien species
Residence time	archaeophyte
Introduction mode	accidental
Invasion status	naturalised species
Area type	CON
Conservation status	not protected
Conservation value (HUF)
Year of protection
IUCN Red List category	NE
Hungarian Red List category
Conservation value category	GY

Ellenberg indicator values
EIV L	8
EIV T	7
EIV K	3
EIV F	4
EIV R	7
EIV N	7
EIV S	0
Zólyomi's ecological indicator values
TZ-scale	NA
WZ-scale	NA
RZ-scale	NA
Soó's ecological indicator values
TS-scale	3
FS- scale	3
RS- scale	3
NS-scale	3-4
Borhidi's ecological indicator values
TB-scale	7
WB-scale	4
RB-scale	7
NB-scale	7
LB-scale	8
CB-scale	3
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)	1663.800
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)	229.802
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)	23.895
Leaf fresh mass (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
Leaf fresh mass (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	0.303
Leaf dry mass (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
Leaf dry mass (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	69.633

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.