- A
ruderal species is a
plant species that is
first to
colonize disturbed lands. The
disturbance may be natural – for example,
wildfires or avalanches –...
- Mapes, Gene (February 2000). "An
herbaceous fossil conifer:
Gymnospermous ruderals in the
evolution of
Mesozoic vegetation". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology...
- "probably endemic". A
number of
species of Taraxa**** are seed-dis****d
ruderals that
rapidly colonize disturbed soil,
especially the
common dandelion (T...
-
flowering plants, it
flowers almost all year round. Like
other annual ruderals exploiting disturbed ground, C. bursa-pastoris
reproduces entirely from...
- "Weed" as a
category of
plant overlaps with the
closely related concepts of
ruderal and
pioneer species.
Pioneer species are
specifically adapted to disturbed...
- deep shade,
nutrient deficient soils, and
areas of
extreme pH levels.
Ruderals are
plant species that
prosper in
situations of high
intensity disturbance...
- forces. Kinshasa's
vegetation comprises gallery forests, gr****y formations,
ruderal plant groups, and
aquatic formations.
These gallery forests,
found along...
-
produced a
revival in at
least five "Schedule 41 priority" species: the
ruderal bumblebee,
Bombus ruderatus; the red-shanked
carder bee,
Bombus ruderarius;...
- the mainland.
Reliance upon wind
dispersal is
common among many
weedy or
ruderal species.
Unusual mechanisms of wind
dispersal include tumbleweeds. A related...
-
rapid rates of growth, and high
levels of seed
production are also
termed ruderals. Weed
Annual plant Superbloom Keddy, P.A. 2007.
Plants and Vegetation:...
