Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Fabales > Fabaceae > Medicago > Medicago minimaMedicago minima (little burclover; burr medick; Bur Medic; Bur Medick; Burclover; Kleiner Schneckenklee; Little Bur Medick; Little Medick; Luzerne Naine; Small Medick; Woolly Bur Medick; Woolly Burr Medic; Zwerg-Schneckenklee)Synonyms: Medica hirsuta; Medicago americana; Medicago arabica var. echinata; Medicago brachyacantha; Medicago elongata (homotypic); Medicago graeca; Medicago hirsuta (heterotypic); Medicago hirsutissima (homotypic); Medicago inconspicua; Medicago lineata; Medicago meyeri; Medicago minima brevispina; Medicago minima f. glandulosa; Medicago minima f. mollissima; Medicago minima f. pubescens; Medicago minima f. pulchella; Medicago minima f. viscida; Medicago minima ononidea (homotypic); Medicago minima pulchella; Medicago minima var. brachyodon; Medicago minima var. brevispina; Medicago minima var. canescens; Medicago minima var. compacta; Medicago minima var. elongata; Medicago minima var. exilis; Medicago minima var. graeca; Medicago minima var. hirsuta; Medicago minima var. incana; Medicago minima var. intermedia; Medicago minima var. longiseta; Medicago minima var. longispina; Medicago minima var. maior; Medicago minima var. maritima; Medicago minima var. minima; Medicago minima var. mitis; Medicago minima var. mollissima; Medicago minima var. pubescens; Medicago minima var. pulchella; Medicago minima var. recta; Medicago minima var. stenophylla; Medicago minima var. viscida; Medicago minima var. vulgaris; Medicago minima var. winterlii; Medicago mollissima; Medicago ononidea; Medicago polonica (homotypic); Medicago polymorpha var. hirsuta; Medicago polymorpha var. minima (homotypic); Medicago polymorpha var. recta; Medicago pulchella; Medicago recta; Medicago sessilis (homotypic); Medicago villosa (heterotypic); Ononis ornithopodioides (heterotypic); Spirocarpus minimus (homotypic) Language: Kazakh; Russian; Tadzhik; Uzbek Medicago minima is a plant species of the genus Medicago. It is native to the Mediterranean basin but is found worldwide. It forms a symbiotic relationship with the bacterium Sinorhizobium meliloti, which is capable of nitrogen fixation. Common names include bur medick, little bur-clover, little bur medick, little medick, small medick, and woolly bur medick. |
| Height [1] | 8 inches (.2 m) |  | | Dispersal Mode [3] | Zoochory | | Lifespan [1] | Annual | | Structure [4] | Herb | | | Light Preference [2] | Full Sun | | Soil Acidity [2] | Neutral | | Soil Fertility [2] | Infertile | | Soil Moisture [2] | Mostly Dry |
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IUCN Category |
Area acres |
Location |
Species |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
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Avon Gorge Woodlands |
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376 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Biedrusko |
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24558 |
Poland |
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Biesdorfer Kehlen |
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160 |
Germany |
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Bottendorfer Hügel |
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329 |
Germany |
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Breckland |
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18652 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Colonial National Historic Park National Historical Park |
V |
9316 |
Virginia, United States |
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Dohlenstein und Pfaffenberg |
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220 |
Germany |
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Drei Gleichen |
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2194 |
Germany |
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Dungeness |
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7966 |
England, United Kingdom |
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El Palmar National Park |
II |
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Entre Rios, Argentina |
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Essex Estuaries |
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114016 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Kahler Berg und Drachenschwanz bei Tunzenhausen |
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198 |
Germany |
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Kavkazskiy Biosphere Reserve |
Ia |
692723 |
Krasnodar, Karachay-Cherkessia, Adygea, Russia |
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Khopersky Zapovednik |
Ia |
47103 |
Russia |
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Palava Protected Landscape Area |
V |
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Czech Republic |
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Parco Del Somma-Vesuvio e Miglio D'Oro National Park |
II |
33648 |
Italy |
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Pevensey Levels |
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8860 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Priesterschlucht |
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15 |
Germany |
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Randowhänge bei Schmölln |
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680 |
Germany |
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Riverland Biosphere Reserve |
Ia |
1490891 |
South Australia, Australia |
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Sandwich Bay |
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2812 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Seeberg - Siebleber Teich |
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1436 |
Germany |
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Severn Estuary/ Môr Hafren |
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182155 |
England/Wales, United Kingdom |
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Solway Firth |
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107829 |
England/Scotland, United Kingdom |
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South Pennine Moors |
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160577 |
England, United Kingdom |
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The Wash and North Norfolk Coast |
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266284 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Trockenhänge Lawitz |
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70 |
Germany |
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Vallée de la Meuse de Dinant à Yvoir (Anhée; Dinant; Yvoir) |
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1791 |
Belgium |
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Vallée de la Molignée (Anhée; Florennes; Mettet; Onhaye) |
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2184 |
Belgium |
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Wolferskopf |
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1025 |
Germany |
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Wyperfeld National Park |
II |
890865 |
Victoria, Australia |
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Zeisigberg |
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13 |
Germany |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1PLANTATT - Attributes of British and Irish Plants: Status, Size, Life History, Geography and Habitats, M. O. Hill, C. D. Preston & D. B. Roy, Biological Records Centre, NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (2004) ♦ 2ECOFACT 2a Technical Annex - Ellenberg’s indicator values for British Plants, M O Hill, J O Mountford, D B Roy & R G H Bunce (1999) ♦ 3Paula 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. ♦ 4Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935 ♦ 5Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants♦ 6Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009 ♦ 7Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19 |
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
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