Actaea spicata L.

Actaea spicata L.

Synonymy

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    Taxon info

    Actaea spicata grows in damp, shady, humus-rich habitats in Fagus forest and ravines in mountains of N Greece, southwards to Giona and Iti. The fruit is a black, shining berry. It is widespread in Europe, with closely related taxa in cold-temperate and subarctic regions of the N hemisphere.A
    A. Dimopoulos, P., Raus, Th., Bergmeier, E., Constantinidis, Th., Iatrou, G., Kokkini, S., Strid, A. & Tzanoudakis, D. 2013: Vascular plants of Greece: An annotated checklist. 31: p. 354 [Plate 19.9]

    Distribution

    GR(NPi SPi StE NC NE

    Greece (North Central Greece present; North Pindos present; North-East Greece present; South Pindos present; Sterea Ellas present)

    Status

    Native / Non Range-Restricted

    Chorology

    Euro-Siberian

    Life-form

    Geophyte (Cryptophyte)

    Habitat

    Woodlands and scrub

    IUCN category

    Not Evaluated

    Presidential Decree 67/81

    No

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