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Cirsium arvense

(L.) Scop.
Tracheophyta » Asterales » Asteraceae » Cirsium arvense
Ηabitat
D2 Valley mires
D6 Brackish marshes (Inland)
X10 Mixed landscapes
Global distribution

Iceland, Faeroe Isl., England, Channel Isl., Ireland, Northern Ireland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, France, Andorra, Portugal, Spain, Baleares (Ibiza & Formentera, Mallorca, Menorca), Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Liechtenstein, Italy, Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia & Hercegovina, Serbia & Kosovo, Montenegro, Macedonia, Albania, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, European Turkey, Algeria (I), Azores, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine, Crimea, NW-, N-, C-, E- & S-European Russia (incl. Kaliningrad region), Northern Caucasus, Georgia [Caucasus], Armenia, Azerbaijan (incl. Nachichevan), Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Mongolia, China (Gansu, Xinjiang), Tibet, Korea (I), Afghanistan (Badakshan, Wakhan, Baghlan, Balkh, Bamyan, Ghazni, Ghorat, Helmand, Herat, Kabul, Kunar / Nuristan, Logar, Wardak, Nangarhar, Qunduz, Paktia / Khost, Takhar), Pakistan (widespread), Chile (I), Argentina (I), Turkey (E-Anatolia, Inner Anatolia, N-Anatolia, NE-Anatolia, NW-Anatolia: Bithynia, SE-Anatolia, SSW-Anatolia, SW-Anatolia), Iran (EC-Iran, E-Iran, NE-Iran: Mts., N-Iran, Iranian Aserbaijan, W-Iran), Jammu & Kashmir, Pakistani Kashmir, India (E-, N- & NW-India, Himachal Pradesh, Indian Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Bihar), Nepal, Bangladesh, Greenland (I), St. Pierre and Miquelon (I), Canada (I) (Alberta (I), British Columbia (I), Manitoba (I), New Brunswick (I), Newfoundland (I), N.W.T. (I), Nova Scotia (I), Ontario (I), Prince Edward Isl. (I), Quebec (I), Saskatchewan (I), Yukon (I)), USA (I) (Alabama (I), Alaska (I), Arizona (I), Arkansas (I), California (I), Colorado (I), Connecticut (I), Delaware (I), District of Columbia (I), Idaho (I), Illinois (I), Indiana (I), Iowa (I), Kansas (I), Kentucky (I), Maine (I), Maryland (I), Massachusetts (I), Michigan (I), Minnesota (I), Missouri (I), Montana (I), Nebraska (I), Nevada (I), New Hampshire (I), New Jersey (I), New Mexico (I), New York (I), North Carolina (I), North Dakota (I), Ohio (I), Oregon (I), Pennsylvania (I), Rhode Island (I), South Dakota (I), Tennessee (I), Texas (I), Utah (I), Vermont (I), Virginia (I), Washington (I), West Virginia (I), Wisconsin (I), Wyoming (I)), Australia (I) (Western Australia (I), South Australia (I), New South Wales (I), Victoria (I), Tasmania (I)), Falkland Isl. (I), South Africa (I) (Mpulamanga (I), E-Cape Prov. (I)), New Zealand (I), Chatham Isl. (I) 147872 0

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Habitat detail

"First record for Cyprus, apparently alien for the island and for the time being to be classified as naturalized non-invasive. It is also well established at Pasia Livadi, not far from Armyrolivado, where the very rare endemic and critically endangered Crypsis hadjikyriakou Raus & H. Scholz grows (≡ Sporobolus hadjikyriakou (Raus & H. Scholz) P. M. Peterson). Both wetlands belong to the rare habitat type 6460 (Peat grasslands of Troodos, according to Directive 92/43 EEC). The population dynamics of the alien thistle need a thorough monitoring in the years to come. + Div. 2: Troodos square, c.  1720  m, margins of pine forest and road, 1 Aug 2012, Hadjikyriakou 7219; ibid., 10 Jul 2014, Hadjikyriakou 7329 (herb. Hadjikyriakou, B)" (Hand 2015).

Establishment status
Established
Establishment status detail

Alien: Naturalized non-invasive.

First detection year
2012
Impacts
Neutral
References

Hand R (2015) Supplementary notes to the flora of Cyprus VIII. Willdenowia 45(2): 245-259. https://doi.org/10.3372/wi.45.45210

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

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