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Trifolium micranthum Viv.

Slender trefoil

source: Hans Toetenel, Verspreidingsatlas 2015

Nomenclature

GrinTax	Trifolium micranthum Viv.
The Plant list	Trifolium micranthum Viv.
English name	Slender trefoil

Crop relationship
Red clover	same genus
White clover	same genus
Subterranean clover	same genus

FLORON data (2024)
Indigeneity	native
Trend since 1950	strongly decreasing (50-75%)
Presence	rare
Status	Red List: endangered
Legal protection	unlisted

Legend distribution maps

upper map:

red: most recent observation year >= 2000
blue: most recent observation year < 2000
yellow circle: not wild.
source: Verspreidingsatlas.nl

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lower map:

green: distribution area
original larger map at wilde-planten.nl

Distribution area
Europe	Mediterranean region and W-Europe
Asia	-
Africa	NW-Africa
North-America	-
South-America	-
Australia	-

Expected distribution due to climate change

Expected distribution area in 2070 in the European region and in the Netherlands compared with current suitable areas under an optimistic and a pessimistic climate change scenario (see: About CWRnl / Methodology). Click on a map to enlarge.

Optimistic scenario

Distribution data GBIF, June 2016. doi:10.15468/dl.syc5v0

Pessimistic scenario

Additional information

The Netherlands: Verspreidingsatlas.nl (FLORON), Soortenbank.nl (Naturalis Biodiversity Center), NL Soortenregister (Naturalis Biodiversity Center)

Belgium: waarnemingen.be, wilde-planten.nl (native and naturalized plant species in The Nederlands and Belgium; K.M. Dijkstra)

Germany: FloraWeb.de (Wildpflanzen und Vegetation Deutschlands; Bundesamt für Naturschutz)

UK: Ecological Flora of the British Isles (Univ. of York)

Ireland: Flora of Ireland (National Biodiversity Data Centre)

France: Tela-Botanica.org (La botanique francophone)

Spain: Anthos.es (in tab 'Searches' select button 'Search including synonyms'. Then select the taxon to be mapped.)

Italy: Flora Italiana

EOL.org (Encyclopedia of Life)