Claim · model-written summary
In Volhynian Polesia, the species is abundant in oak-pine mixed forests and can cover the full shrub layer.
- Taxon
- R. luteum
Rhododendron luteume1 - Outcome
- covering 100% of the shrub layere0
- Value
- 100%e0
- Setting
- Volhynian Polesiae0
Verbatim
e0“In Volhynian Polesia it grows abundantly in continental mesotrophic oak-pine mixed forests (Querco roboris-Pinetum), sometimes covering 100% of the shrub layer.”
e1“In Volhynia plant communities with R. luteum cover over 1.5 billion ha.”
Title
Jerzy Piórecki; E. Dubiel 2009
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Observation The natural range includes the Caucasus, Asia Minor, Volhynia and the southeastern Alps.
- Observation A natural locality occurs in Wola Zarczycka near Lezajsk, Poland.
- Observation Yellow rhododendron from Volhynian Polesia was cultivated in most European botanic gardens by the first half of the nineteenth century.
- Observation Yellow azalea is common in private gardens and has also been planted in forests.
- Observation The species is equally common in continental swamp pine forests.
- Observation The species grows on moist, very acidic soils below pH 4.
- Observation In Volhynia, communities with R. luteum cover over 1.5 billion ha.