Wall Cotoneaster

cotoneaster horizontalis

The Wall Cotoneaster is a fun plant that grows low to the ground, creating a beautiful green carpet! It produces tiny red berries that many birds love to eat.

Lebensraum: It commonly grows in gardens, rocky slopes, and walls.

Aussehen

The Wall Cotoneaster has distinctive, flat branches that often grow in a herringbone pattern. Its small, glossy dark green leaves turn reddish-purple in autumn, complemented by tiny pinkish-white flowers and bright, long-lasting red berries.

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Wall Cotoneaster

Kategorie

Pflanzen

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

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Interessante Fakten

Birds adore its berries, which can stay on the branches all through winter, adding color!

Gardeners often use its criss-cross branches to make beautiful living patterns on walls!

Its scientific name "horizontalis" means it loves to grow flat, like it's trying to hug the ground!

Some Wall Cotoneasters can live for many decades, becoming very old and wise plants!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Its dense, spreading growth forms a thick mat over the ground, helping to hold soil in place and stop erosion during rain.

This plant produces bright red berries that attract birds, who then help spread its seeds far and wide to new places.

Maße und Details

Höhe: 30-60 cm
Ausbreitung: 100-200 cm
Blütengröße: 0.5-1 cm
Blütezeit: Late spring to early summer
Essbar: Nein
Giftigkeit: Leicht
Lebenszyklus: Mehrjährig
Bestäubungsmethode: Insekten

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

pollinates

Honey bee

Apis mellifera

Collects nectar and pollen from its small flowers.

eaten by

Blackbird

Turdus merula

Feeds on its bright red berries, aiding seed dispersal.

pollinates

Buff-tailed bumblebee

Bombus terrestris

Visits flowers for nectar, aiding in plant reproduction.

Merkmale

Farbenfroh

Farbenfroh beschreibt Organismen oder Objekte, die eine große Vielfalt an leuchtenden und deutlich erkennbaren Farben aufweisen.

Pflanzenfressend

Dieses Merkmal kennzeichnet Lebewesen, deren Ernährung vollständig oder hauptsächlich aus pflanzlichem Material besteht.

Wald

Waldlebensräume sind terrestrische Lebensräume, die von dichtem Baumbestand dominiert werden und eine große Vielfalt an Pflanzen- und Tierarten beherbergen.