Oxyria digyna

Alpine mountain-sorrel · Polygonaceae

Summary of the structured data documented in ClimaFlora for this taxon.

PolygonaceaeOther

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Identity and native distribution

Family

Polygonaceae

Life form

Other

Documented native regions

EuropeTemperate AsiaTropical AsiaNorth America

Environmental usesMedicinal use

Variable	Observed range	Central range
Annual mean temperature	-26.95 – 27.45	-25.87 – 26.91
Temperature of the warmest month	-9.83 – 45.19	-9.35 – 44.53
Temperature of the coldest month	-43.61 – 11.53	-42.05 – 10.03
Annual precipitation	29.72 – 5802.76	40.58 – 4182.52
Precipitation seasonality	10.44 – 141.52	11.16 – 137.44

These values describe the documented climate envelope of the taxon. They are not, by themselves, a local recommendation.

Variable	Unit	Observed range	Central range
Cation exchange capacity (CEC)	cmol(+)/kg	21.5 – 41.6	26.2 – 34.05
Clay	%	5.5 – 31.6	15.62 – 22.52
Coarse fragments	%	9.6 – 26.9	13.9 – 21.4
Total nitrogen	g/kg	3.29 – 13.73	4.23 – 7.04
pH	—	6 – 8	6 – 6.3
Sand	%	30.4 – 74.72	38.7 – 49.4
Soil organic carbon	g/kg	53.4 – 220.3	60.5 – 130.3

These soil preferences should be compared with the site profile and the confidence of the local data.