Celtis australis

L.

Tracheophyta » Rosales » Cannabaceae » Celtis australis

Common name (English)

European nettle tree

Common name (Greek)

Κοκκονιά, Τρικουτζιά, Κονναρκά, Απανιά, Φτελλοκοτζιά, Μελικουτσιά

Ηabitat

I2 Parks

X11 Large parks

X22 Non-domestic gardens (small)

X23 Non-domestic gardens (large)

X25 Domestic gardens (rural)

Hold Ctrl whilst dragging to view details of selected occurrences.

Establishment status

Established

Establishment status detail

Alien: Naturalized non-invasive.

By roadsides, often near old churches or monasteries; generally planted but reproducing itself naturally; 1000-4000' - listed sites are all in Divisions 1 & 2. Newly recorded as adventive and invading natural habitats, mainly forests (and margins of rivers and fields) - scattered locations.

First detection year

1879

Online resource

http://www.worldplants.de/?deeplink=Celtis-australis

Pathway

2 ESCAPE FROM CONFINEMENT - Ornamental other than horticulture – Orn

Pathway detail

Already present during the times of the Ottoman empire (1500-1878) (Georgiades 1995).

Other notes

also as Celtis caucasica Willd. in Tsintides et al. (2002).

References

Meikle RD (1985) Flora of Cyprus, Vol. 2.

Georgiades C (1995) Η επιγενής χλωρίδα της Κύπρου. Ταξινομική, χλωριδικά, φυτογεωγραφική, οικοφυσιολογική μελέτη. [The adventive flora of Cyprus, taxonomic, floristic, phytogeographic, ecophysiological study]. Ph.D. Thesis, Athens University.

Hadjikyriakou G, Hadjisterkotis E (2002) The adventive plants of Cyprus with new records of invasive species. Zeitschrift fur Jagdwissenschaft 48: 59–71. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02192393

Tsintides T, Hadjikyriakou GN, Christodoulou CS (2002) Trees and shrubs in Cyprus. Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis—Cyprus Forest Association, Nicosia, Cyprus.

Hadjikyriakou G (2013) Contribution to the study of the flora of Cyprus 16 [Συμβολή στη μελέτη της χλωρίδας της Κύπρου 16]. Dasoponos 54: 7-10.