Pyracantha coccinea M.
Roemer - Firethorn

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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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