Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Myrtales > Lythraceae > Trapa > Trapa natansTrapa natans (Bull nut; European water chestnut; water chestnut; water chestnut, water nut)Synonyms: Trapa acicularis; Trapa alatyrica (homotypic); Trapa algeriensis; Trapa amurensis; Trapa amurensis var. bispinosa; Trapa annosa; Trapa annosa f. bicornis; Trapa annosa f. erecticornis; Trapa annosa f. pseudomuzzanensis; Trapa antennifera (heterotypic); Trapa araborum; Trapa arcuata; Trapa assamica; Trapa astrachanica; Trapa astrachanica var. caspica; Trapa bicornis var. jinumii; Trapa bicornis var. makinosa; Trapa bicornis var. quadrispinosa (homotypic); Trapa bispinosa var. iinumae; Trapa bispinosa var. jinumii; Trapa bispinosa var. makinoa; Trapa borysthenica; Trapa brevicarpa; Trapa brevicarpa calosa; Trapa brevicarpa f. effigia; Trapa brevicarpa f. miniata; Trapa brevicarpa f. muzzanensoides; Trapa brevicarpa f. perexcelsa; Trapa brevicarpa f. quadrata; Trapa brevicarpa rubida; Trapa brevicarpa var. delicata; Trapa brevicarpa var. mirabila; Trapa carinthiaca; Trapa caspica; Trapa castanea; Trapa caucasica; Trapa caucasica astrachanica; Trapa caucasica var. astrachanica; Trapa caucasica var. colchica; Trapa colchica; Trapa conocarpa; Trapa conocarpa f. flerovii; Trapa conocarpa flerovii; Trapa conocarpa laevigata; Trapa conocarpa var. pyramidalis; Trapa conocarpa var. suecica; Trapa cruciata; Trapa danubialis; Trapa europaea; Trapa europaea var. clipeata; Trapa europaea var. egregia; Trapa europaea var. macrocarpa; Trapa europaea var. vulgata; Trapa fastigiata; Trapa flerovii; Trapa gracilipes; Trapa grozdovii (homotypic); Trapa hankensis; Trapa hungarica; Trapa hyrcana; Trapa jankovicii; Trapa kasachstanica; Trapa kashmirensis; Trapa kazakorum; Trapa kozhevnikoviorum; Trapa krauselii; Trapa laevis (homotypic); Trapa litvinovii; Trapa litvinovii var. chihuensis; Trapa longicarpa; Trapa longicarpa f. alticarpa; Trapa longicarpa f. amplicornis; Trapa longicarpa f. arcuata; Trapa longicarpa f. bicornis; Trapa longicarpa f. brevicola; Trapa longicarpa f. columnifera; Trapa longicarpa f. concamerata; Trapa longicarpa f. coronatoides; Trapa longicarpa f. depressa; Trapa longicarpa f. elata; Trapa longicarpa f. elongata; Trapa longicarpa f. falcata; Trapa longicarpa f. perangusticornis; Trapa longicarpa f. producticarpa; Trapa longicarpa f. pseudomuzzanensis; Trapa longicarpa f. subcoronata; Trapa longicarpa f. tesselata; Trapa longicarpa f. turgida; Trapa longicarpa perlongicornis; Trapa longicarpa valida; Trapa longicarpa var. contortula; Trapa longicarpa var. loricata; Trapa longicarpa var. mammeata; Trapa longicarpa var. rubra; Trapa longicarpa var. spatiosa; Trapa longicornis; Trapa macropoda; Trapa macropoda var. bispinosa; Trapa macrorhiza; Trapa maeotica; Trapa magnicorona; Trapa maleevii; Trapa manschurica; Trapa manshurica; Trapa manshurica f. komarovi; Trapa manshurica var. rubra; Trapa manshurica var. tranzschelii; Trapa media; Trapa media var. pseudorossica; Trapa metschorica; Trapa muzzanensis; Trapa muzzanensis europaea; Trapa muzzanensis var. europaea; Trapa natans carinthiaca; Trapa natans cruciata; Trapa natans f. quadrispinosa; Trapa natans f. suecica; Trapa natans media; Trapa natans suecica; Trapa natans var. amurensis; Trapa natans var. bohemica; Trapa natans var. borysthenica; Trapa natans var. carinthiaca; Trapa natans var. clipeata; Trapa natans var. cruciata; Trapa natans var. egregia; Trapa natans var. europaea; Trapa natans var. hamata; Trapa natans var. macrocarpa; Trapa natans var. media; Trapa natans var. natans; Trapa natans var. quadrispinosa; Trapa natans var. surajensis; Trapa natans var. suroshensis; Trapa natans var. verbanensis; Trapa natans var. vulgata; Trapa nedoluzhkoi; Trapa numidica; Trapa okensis; Trapa pectinata; Trapa pseudocolchica; Trapa pseudoincisa var. aspinosa; Trapa pseudoincisa var. nanchangensis; Trapa pseudorossica; Trapa pyramidalis; Trapa quadricornis; Trapa quadrispinosa (heterotypic); Trapa quadrispinosa var. yongxiuensis; Trapa raciborskii (homotypic); Trapa rossica; Trapa rossica var. pseudorossica; Trapa saissanica; Trapa sajanensis; Trapa septentrionalis; Trapa sibirica; Trapa sibirica saissanica; Trapa sibirica var. altaica; Trapa sibirica var. saissanica; Trapa sibirica var. ussuriensis; Trapa spryginii; Trapa tranzschelii; Trapa turbinata; Trapa ucrainica; Trapa uralensis; Trapa verbanensis; Trapa wolgensis; Tribulus aquaticus Edible [1] | May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details. | Flower Type [1] | Hermaphrodite | Hazards [1] | The raw seed contains toxins but that these are destroyed in the cooking process; | Lifespan [1] | Perennial | Structure [3] | Herb | | Light Preference [2] | Mostly Sunny | Soil Acidity [2] | Moderate Acid | Soil Fertility [2] | Rich | Soil Moisture [2] | Submerged | | Width [1] | 10 inches (0.25 m) | View Plants For A Future Record : Trapa natans |
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Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
Report |
Climate |
Land Use |
Central & Western Europe |
Austria, Belgium, Byelarus, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom |
Palearctic |
Temperate Floodplain River and Wetlands |
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Eastern Iberia |
Andorra, France, Spain |
Palearctic |
Temperate Coastal Rivers |
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Okavango |
Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Floodplain Rivers and Wetland Complexes |
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Name |
IUCN Category |
Area acres |
Location |
Species |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
Alte Elster und Riecke Teil I und II |
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273 |
Germany |
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Alte Spreemündung |
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267 |
Germany |
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Astrakhanskiy Biosphere Reserve Zapovednik |
Ia |
167827 |
Astrakhan, Russia |
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Big Kokshaga State Nature Reserve |
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55732 |
Mari El, Russia |
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BodrogzugKopasz-hegyTaktaköz |
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54874 |
Hungary |
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Bolonsky State Nature Reserve |
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256001 |
Khabarovsk, Russia |
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Bolshekhekhtsirsky Zapovednik |
Ia |
112282 |
Khabarovsk, Russia |
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Boschi del Ticino |
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50788 |
Italy |
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Canneti del Lago Maggiore |
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561 |
Italy |
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Cserebökényi-puszták |
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69091 |
Hungary |
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Dahmetal |
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1970 |
Germany |
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DELTA AXIOU - LOUDIA - ALIAKMONA - ALYKI KITROUS |
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73260 |
Greece |
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DELTA AXIOU - LOUDIA - ALIAKMONA - EVRYTERI PERIOCHI - AXIOUPOLI |
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83216 |
Greece |
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Delta del Po |
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61806 |
Italy |
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DELTA EVROU |
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31031 |
Greece |
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DELTA EVROU KAI DYTIKOS VRACHIONAS |
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24359 |
Greece |
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Dévaványai-sík |
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62065 |
Hungary |
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Dolina Srodkowej Wisly |
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76054 |
Poland |
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Dune di Massenzatica |
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128 |
Italy |
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ETHNIKOS DRYMOS PRESPON |
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65762 |
Greece |
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Fiume Po - tratto vercellese alessandrino |
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34859 |
Italy |
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Fiume Po da Rio Boriacco a Bosco Ospizio |
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14018 |
Italy |
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Flusslandschaft Elbe Biosphere Reserve |
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925242 |
Germany |
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Foce dell'Isonzo - Isola della Cona |
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6593 |
Italy |
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Golena del Po di Gualtieri, Guastalla e Luzzara |
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2768 |
Italy |
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Grady Odrzanskie |
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49419 |
Poland |
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Hopersky State Nature Reserve |
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40031 |
Voronezh, Russia |
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Kargowskie Zakola Odry |
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7587 |
Poland |
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Kesznyéten |
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15841 |
Hungary |
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Khinganskiy State Nature Reserve |
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239873 |
Amur, Russia |
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Khopersky Zapovednik |
Ia |
47103 |
Russia |
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Komsomolsky Zapovednik |
Ia |
159168 |
Khabarovsk, Russia |
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Lago di Chiusi |
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1982 |
Italy |
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Lago di Varese |
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4295 |
Italy |
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Laguna di Venezia |
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136417 |
Italy |
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Lampertheimer Altrhein |
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1297 |
Germany |
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Legi Odrzanskie |
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44477 |
Poland |
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LIMNES KAI LIMNOTHALASSES TIS THRAKIS - EVRYTERI PERIOCHI KAI PARAKTIA ZONI |
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72787 |
Greece |
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LIMNES KORONEIAS - VOLVIS, STENA RENTINAS KAI EVRYTERI PERIOCHI |
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399400 |
Greece |
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LIMNES VISTONIS, ISMARIS - LIMNOTHALASSES PORTO LAGOS, ALYKI PTELEA, XIROLIMNI, KARATZA |
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45016 |
Greece |
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LIMNES VOLVI KAI LAGKADA - EVRYTERI PERIOCHI |
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66589 |
Greece |
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LIMNI KASTORIAS |
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11694 |
Greece |
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LIMNI KERKINI - KROUSIA - KORYFES OROUS BELES, ANGISTRO - CHAROPO |
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193493 |
Greece |
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Litorale di Gallipoli e Isola S. Andrea |
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17312 |
Italy |
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Mandra - Poda |
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15162 |
Bulgaria |
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Medzibodroie |
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87915 |
Slovakia |
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Meshchersky National Park |
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254553 |
Ryazan, Russia |
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Miklósfai Mórichelyi-halastavak |
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1112 |
Hungary |
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Mordovsky Zapovednik |
Ia |
79439 |
Mordovia, Russia |
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Norsky State Nature Reserve |
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521807 |
Amur, Russia |
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Oberlausitzer Heide - und Teichlandschaft Nature Reserve |
IV |
32467 |
Germany |
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Oka Biosphere Reserve |
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137746 |
Ryazan, Russia |
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Okskiy Biosphere Reserve |
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190748 |
Russia |
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Orlovsky Polesie National Park |
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192112 |
Orel, Russia |
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Palava Protected Landscape Area |
V |
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Czech Republic |
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Palude Brabbia |
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1137 |
Italy |
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Palude del Busatello |
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1095 |
Italy |
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Paludi di Ostiglia |
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304 |
Italy |
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Parco Regionale Campo dei Fiori |
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3207 |
Italy |
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Parco Regionale Oglio Sud |
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9941 |
Italy |
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Prisursky State Nature Reserve |
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22605 |
Chuvash, Russia |
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Puszcza Niepolomicka |
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29065 |
Poland |
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Riserva Regionale Lanca di Gerole |
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2916 |
Italy |
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Roosevelt Vanderbilt National Historic Site |
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New York, United States |
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Sacca di Goro, Po di Goro, Valle Dindona, Foce del Po di Volano |
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12039 |
Italy |
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Samarskaya Luka National Park |
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314283 |
Samara, Russia |
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Schwenower Forst |
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1950 |
Germany |
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Smolny National Park |
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89909 |
Mordovia, Russia |
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Spreewald Biosphere Reserve |
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117355 |
Germany |
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Spreewiesen südlich Beeskow |
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1194 |
Germany |
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Srebarna |
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3579 |
Bulgaria |
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Stawy Lezczok |
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1448 |
Poland |
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Ugra National Park |
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243703 |
Kaluga, Russia |
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Vallazza |
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1310 |
Italy |
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Valli del Mincio |
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4814 |
Italy |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License♦ 2Ellenberg, H., Weber, H.E., Dull, R., Wirth, V., Werner, W., Paulissen, D. (1991)
Zeigerwerte von Pflanzen in Mitteleuropa. Scripta Geobotanica 18, 1–248 ♦ 3Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935 Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
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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