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Ruderal
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ruderal [′rüd·ə·rəl]
(ecology)
Growing on rubbish, or waste or disturbed places.
A plant that thrives in such a habitat.
Ruderal 

a plant that grows, as a rule, along fences and roads, at garbage dumps, and in other waste places. Examples are jimsonweed, henbane, nettle, burdock, and cocklebur. Ruderals have various adaptations (poisonous substances, thorns, stinging hairs) for protection from destruction by man and animals. Ruderals and segetal plants make up the weed group.
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Juusa the number of Betula seeds was more than ten times higher in the nearshore points and most of the ruderals were found from points close to the lake shore.
Spatial distribution of macrofossil assemblages in surface sediments ... by Koff, Tiiu; Vandel, Egert / Estonian Journal of Ecology
Still, the increased proportion of ruderals, especially Urtica, is significant.
Vegetation history and human impact in the Parika area, Central ... by Niinemets, Eve; Saarse, Leili; Poska, Anneli / Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences: Geology
 
 
 
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