Claim · model-written summary
The number of new spontaneous Phytolacca acinosa populations is growing rapidly in the European part of Russia.
- Taxon
- Phytolacca acinosa
Phytolacca acinosae0 - Outcome
- number of new spontaneous populationse3
- Direction
- growing rapidlye3
- Setting
- European part of Russiae3
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Verbatim
e0“Phytolacca acinosa Roxb. is a plant of East Asian origin actively naturalizing on the territory of Russia”
e3“At present, the species has successfully adapted to the environments of the European part of Russia, its invasiveness is increasing, and the number of new spontaneous populations is growing rapidly”
Title
M. A. Zueva; A. V. Stogova; A. K. Mamontov; et al. Russian Journal of Biological Invasions 2026. doi:10.1134/s2075111725600508
Other claims from this paper (8)
- Observation The lag phase of Phytolacca acinosa in Russia lasted from 1985 to the mid-2010s.
- Observation Moscow had 115 local naturalizing populations of Phytolacca acinosa recorded by 2025.
- Observation The first spontaneous Phytolacca acinosa population in Moscow was found in 2016.
- Observation Invasiveness of Phytolacca acinosa is increasing in the European part of Russia.
- Observation Juvenile and immature plants made up 40% of Phytolacca acinosa populations in the absence of disturbance and high grass canopy cover.
- Observation Juvenile and immature plants made up 92% of Phytolacca acinosa populations in anthropogenically disturbed habitats.
- Observation Phytolacca acinosa occupies up to 20% of potentially suitable areas.
- Observation Phytocenoses with Phytolacca acinosa contain 45 species of vascular plants, predominantly weedy and with many alien species.