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Corylus maxima

Miller
Tracheophyta » Fagales » Betulaceae » Corylus maxima
Common name (English)
Filbert
Ηabitat
C2 Running waters
I1 Arable
X23 Non-domestic gardens (large)
X10 Mixed landscapes
Global distribution

Austria 51 1; Austria 901 0; Czechoslovakia 251 0; Great Britain 232 1; Great Britain 4 0; Greece 233 1; Greece 355 0; Krym 308 1; Krym 1584 0; Transcaucasus 241 0; Yugoslavia 1588 0

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Habitat detail

Based on Georgiades (1995) and Hadjikyriakou and Hadjisterkotis (2002).

Establishment status
Not Established
Establishment status detail

Alien: Casual. Extensively cultivated between 3000-4000', also found in gardens - Meikle does not suggest any wild/escaped/naturalised sites. Found in abandoned plantations that have been invaded by Pinus brutia and other forest species e.g. Kampos (stream margins), Lagoudera (roadside and along streams), south of Lagoudera (roadside), and from Trooditissa Monastery & Milikouri. Typical habitats river valleys & wet valleys.

First detection year
1862
Pathway
2 ESCAPE FROM CONFINEMENT - Agriculture – Ag
Pathway detail

Based on Georgiades (1995).

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.

"UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology"
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University of Cyprus - Department of Biological Sciences
Darwin Initiative
Akrotiri Environment

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