Pyracantha coccinea M. Roemer - Firethorn


                            This map has been generated by Mapmate 15/02/2012

Distribution:
Widespread and increasing frequent as a relic of cultivation or garden escape in areas near habitation.

Habitat:

Roadsides, waste ground, sand-dunes, canal and railway banks.

Comments:
Neophyte, native to southern Europe, surviving where garden refuse is disposed but also introduced in shrub planting schemes and possibly bird-sown at some locations.

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