Vallisneria spiralis L.

Tapegrass

Minimum height	20
Maximal height	100
Life form	HH
SBT (Social Behaviour Type)	A
Ujvárosi's life form system	NA
Modified Ellenberg - Müller-Dombois life form (main category)	HH
Modified Ellenberg - Müller-Dombois life form (sub-category)	NA

Chromosome number	20
Ploidy level	NA

Phytosociological categorization (Soó)	1
Phytosociological categorization (Borhidi)	1.3.1.1
Nativeness	alien species
Residence time	neophyte
Introduction mode	deliberate
Invasion status	naturalised species
Area type	ADV
Conservation status	not protected
Conservation value (HUF)
Year of protection
IUCN Red List category	LC
Hungarian Red List category
Conservation value category	A

Ellenberg indicator values
EIV L	7
EIV T	8
EIV K	3
EIV F	12
EIV R	7
EIV N	7
EIV S	0
Zólyomi's ecological indicator values
TZ-scale	8
WZ-scale	11
RZ-scale	4
Soó's ecological indicator values
TS-scale	4
FS- scale	5
RS- scale	0
NS-scale	2
Borhidi's ecological indicator values
TB-scale	8
WB-scale	12
RB-scale	6
NB-scale	4
LB-scale	6
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)	1905.180
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)	256.598
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)	30.808
Leaf fresh mass (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
Leaf fresh mass (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	0.241
Leaf dry mass (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
Leaf dry mass (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	61.840

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.