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Medicago littoralis (water medick; Coastal Medick; Strand Medic)

Synonyms:
Language: Russian

Wikipedia Abstract

Medicago littoralis is a plant species of the genus Medicago. It is found primarily in the Mediterranean basin. It forms a symbiotic relationship with the bacterium Sinorhizobium meliloti, which is capable of nitrogen fixation. Common names include shore medick, water medick, coastal medick, and strand medick.
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Attributes

Dispersal Mode [2]  Zoochory, Autochory, Endozoochory
Lifespan [1]  Annual
Structure [3]  Herb

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Parco Del Somma-Vesuvio e Miglio D'Oro National Park II 33648 Italy
Reserva de la Biosfera de Urdaibai Biosphere Reserve V 1777 Spain  

Predators

Dasineura medicaginis[4]
Podarcis lilfordi (Lilford's Wall Lizard)[5]

Providers

Pollinated by 
Podarcis lilfordi (Lilford's Wall Lizard)[5]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 2Paula S, Arianoutsou M, Kazanis D, Tavsanoglu Ç, Lloret F, Buhk C, Ojeda F, Luna B, Moreno JM, Rodrigo A, Espelta JM, Palacio S, Fernández-Santos B, Fernandes PM, and Pausas JG. 2009. Fire-related traits for plant species of the Mediterranean Basin. Ecology 90: 1420.
Paula S. & Pausas J.G. 2013. BROT: a plant trait database for Mediterranean Basin species. Version 2013.06.
♦ 3Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 4Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
♦ 5POLLEN LOAD AND TRANSPORT BY THE INSULAR LIZARD, PODARCIS LILFORDI (SQUAMATA, LACERTIDAE) IN COASTAL ISLETS OF MENORCA (BALEARIC ISLANDS, SPAIN), VALENTíN PÉREZ-MELLADO, FELISA ORTEGA, SANDRA MARTíN -GARCíA , ANA PERERA, AND GLORIA CORTáZAR, ISRAEL JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY, Vol. 46, 2000, pp. 193–200
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0