It flourishes in sunny spots on almost any kind of soil, especially on disturbed ground.

The disturbed ground underneath would settle unevenly, too - and you'd be skimming off the best topsoil.

Like many garden plants it has escaped to colonise disturbed ground in many districts, wantonly utilising rubble or any dry soil.

Sophisticated surveying equipment was brought in to look for recently disturbed ground.

Plants grow in sandy soils in open areas and are often found on disturbed ground.

It's a narrower thing altogether, preferring to seed itself in poorer, disturbed soil, where it looks as tough as its spines suggest.

Two years after the fire, sun tolerant plants grow in the disturbed soil.

This plant grows best in damp, recently disturbed soil.

These seeds can rapidly colonize disturbed soil such as that perturbed by fires, forest clearings, erosion, or abandoned agricultural land.

Its habitat includes moist areas such as mountain meadows and habitat with disturbed soil.