Vaccinium vitis-idaea L.

Cowberry

Minimum height	8
Maximal height	15
Life form	Ch
SBT (Social Behaviour Type)	Sr
Ujvárosi's life form system	NA
Modified Ellenberg - Müller-Dombois life form (main category)	Ch
Modified Ellenberg - Müller-Dombois life form (sub-category)	NA

Chromosome number	24
Ploidy level	NA

Phytosociological categorization (Soó)	E42
Phytosociological categorization (Borhidi)	8.3.1.2
Nativeness	native species
Residence time
Introduction mode
Invasion status
Area type	CIR
Conservation status	P
Conservation value (HUF)	10000
Year of protection	1982
IUCN Red List category	LC
Hungarian Red List category	VU
Conservation value category	V

Ellenberg indicator values
EIV L	5
EIV T	x
EIV K	5
EIV F	4
EIV R	2
EIV N	1
EIV S	0
Zólyomi's ecological indicator values
TZ-scale	3
WZ-scale	5
RZ-scale	1
Soó's ecological indicator values
TS-scale	1
FS- scale	2-3
RS- scale	1-2
NS-scale	2
Borhidi's ecological indicator values
TB-scale	3
WB-scale	5
RB-scale	2
NB-scale	2
LB-scale	5
CB-scale	5
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)	203.349
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)	449.672
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)	7.413
Leaf fresh mass (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
Leaf fresh mass (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	0.061
Leaf dry mass (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
Leaf dry mass (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	27.433

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.