Occurrence uses the 30 sampled plots in each community. Community boundaries are not rigid; these are study observations, not a complete Estonian distribution. Study data and methods →
INDEPENDENT BOTANICAL EVIDENCE
General ecology
Pentanema salicinum is a perennial herb of seashores and a wide range of inland habitats, including glades, dry grasslands, meadows, roadsides, forest margins, rich woodland and rich fens. FinBIF also characterizes it as calciphilous.
US · Upper Shore8 / 30 · 27%Cover among 8 plots: median 5% · IQR 5–5.5%
TG · Tall Grass9 / 30 · 30%Cover among 9 plots: median 10% · IQR 7–20%
Saardu0 / 20 plots
Keemu0 / 30 plots
Koera17 / 30 plots
Kudani0 / 40 plots
FINBIF TAXONOMY
Current verified classification
kingdomPlantae Haeckel
phylumTracheophyta Sinnott ex Cavalier-Smith
classMagnoliopsida Brongn.
orderAsterales Link
familyAsteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl
genusPentanema Cass.
speciesPentanema salicinum (L.) D. Gut. Larr., Santos-Vicente, Anderb., E. Rico & M. M. Mart. Ort.
OUR MEASURED TRAITS
Pool-wise CCI and leaf area
Trait values are pooled measurements collected during the 2024 coastal-meadow field campaign and are study observations, not fixed species constants. Only summaries with at least five measurements are shown.
OUR 2024 MEASUREMENTS
Chlorophyll Content Index
6.05
Range 0.9–11.4 · average 5.67 · n = 14
OUR 2024 MEASUREMENTS
Leaf area
3.02 cm²
Range 1.809–6.422 · average 3.99 · n = 7
Licensed FinBIF photographs
Additional photographs
These views complement the primary photograph above without repeating it. Use them alongside a regional identification key; photographs alone are not sufficient for a field identification.
These steps show what this record contributes to the 2024 study. They do not turn the taxon name into a remotely sensed measurement.
1 · FIELD EVIDENCE17 of 120 plots
17 occupied plots have a positive numeric cover value available for occupied-plot cover summaries.
2 · TRAIT ELIGIBILITYCCI n = 14 · leaf area n = 7
Both traits passed the documented minimum of five measurements. Their species medians can be weighted by relative cover when constructing plot-level community-weighted means.
3 · MODEL LINKPlot response, not species detection
Plot-level ecological responses are paired with UAV predictors. A fitted model can estimate variation in those responses across the landscape; this record does not train a classifier for Pentanema salicinum.