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Trifolium subterraneum L.
Subterranean clover
Nomenclature
GrinTax | Trifolium subterraneum L. |
The Plant list | Trifolium subterraneum L. |
English name | Subterranean clover |
Subterranean clover | primary genepool |
Red clover | same genus |
White clover | same genus |
Indigeneity | native |
Trend since 1950 | strongly decreasing (50-75%) |
Presence | very 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
lower map:
- green: distribution area
- original larger map at wilde-planten.nl
Europe | Mediterranean region and S-Europe |
Asia | Mediterranean region |
Africa | Mediterranean region |
North-America | some locations |
South-America | some locations |
Australia | some locations |
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
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)
- Italy: Flora Italiana
- EOL.org (Encyclopedia of Life)
- PFAF.org (Plants For A Future)