Phleum phleoides (L.) Karst.

Purple-stem Cat's-tail

Minimum height	10
Maximal height	80
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	14, 28
Ploidy level	NA

Phytosociological categorization (Soó)	9
Phytosociological categorization (Borhidi)	5.3
Nativeness	native species
Residence time
Introduction mode
Invasion status
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	K

Ellenberg indicator values
EIV L	8
EIV T	6
EIV K	7
EIV F	3
EIV R	8
EIV N	2
EIV S	0
Zólyomi's ecological indicator values
TZ-scale	5k
WZ-scale	1
RZ-scale	4
Soó's ecological indicator values
TS-scale	3
FS- scale	2
RS- scale	3-3
NS-scale	0
Borhidi's ecological indicator values
TB-scale	5
WB-scale	2
RB-scale	8
NB-scale	1
LB-scale	8
CB-scale	7
SB-scale	0

Leaf traits
Leaf Area (Lhotsky et al. 2016)	301.850
Leaf Area (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
Leaf Area (Gyalus et al. 2022)	615.000
Leaf Area (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	348.900
LDMC (Lhotsky et al. 2016)	374.660
LDMC (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
LDMC (Gyalus et al. 2022)	463.900
LDMC (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	438.983
SLA (Lhotsky et al. 2016)	16.798
SLA (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
SLA (Gyalus et al. 2022)	14.290
SLA (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	13.471
Leaf fresh mass (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
Leaf fresh mass (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	0.059
Leaf dry mass (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
Leaf dry mass (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	25.900

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.