Medicago falcata L.

Sickle Medick

Minimum height	20
Maximal height	60
Life form	He
SBT (Social Behaviour Type)	DT
Ujvárosi's life form system	NA
Modified Ellenberg - Müller-Dombois life form (main category)	H
Modified Ellenberg - Müller-Dombois life form (sub-category)	NA

Chromosome number	16, 32
Ploidy level	NA

Phytosociological categorization (Soó)	96
Phytosociological categorization (Borhidi)	5.3
Nativeness	native species
Residence time
Introduction mode
Invasion status
Area type	EUA
Conservation status	not protected
Conservation value (HUF)
Year of protection
IUCN Red List category	NE
Hungarian Red List category
Conservation value category	TZ

Ellenberg indicator values
EIV L	8
EIV T	6
EIV K	7
EIV F	3
EIV R	9
EIV N	3
EIV S	0
Zólyomi's ecological indicator values
TZ-scale	6k
WZ-scale	3
RZ-scale	4
Soó's ecological indicator values
TS-scale	3
FS- scale	1-2
RS- scale	4-5
NS-scale	2
Borhidi's ecological indicator values
TB-scale	6
WB-scale	3
RB-scale	8
NB-scale	3
LB-scale	8
CB-scale	7
SB-scale	0

Leaf traits
Leaf Area (Lhotsky et al. 2016)	117.500
Leaf Area (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
Leaf Area (Gyalus et al. 2022)	43.817
Leaf Area (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	57.467
LDMC (Lhotsky et al. 2016)	353.840
LDMC (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
LDMC (Gyalus et al. 2022)	335.967
LDMC (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	280.000
SLA (Lhotsky et al. 2016)	20.500
SLA (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
SLA (Gyalus et al. 2022)	16.975
SLA (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	27.365
Leaf fresh mass (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
Leaf fresh mass (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	0.008
Leaf dry mass (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
Leaf dry mass (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	2.100

Distribution in Hungary

Distribution maps presented here are only for reference purposes, for more details see the Vascular plants of Hungary online database.

Last update: 3 February 2022.