Editing Chicory (section)

==Ecology==
[[File:Pied hoverfly (Scaeva pyrastri) on chicory (Cichorium intybus).jpg|thumb|upright|Pied [[hoverfly]] on flower]]

Chicory is both a [[cultivated crop]] and a [[weed|weedy]] plant with a cosmopolitan distribution. Analysis of introduced weedy populations in North America has revealed that naturalized weedy chicory is partially descended from domesticated [[Cultivar|cultivars]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Zavada |first1=Tomas |last2=Malik |first2=Rondy J. |last3=Kesseli |first3=Rick V. |title=Population structure in chicory (Cichorium intybus): A successful U.S. weed since the American revolutionary war |journal=Ecology and Evolution |date=2017 |volume=7 |issue=12|pages=4209–4219 |doi=10.1002/ece3.2994 |bibcode=2017EcoEv...7.4209Z |doi-access=free |pmid=28649334 |pmc=5478081 }}</ref>  

Chicory grows in roadsides, waste places, and other disturbed areas, and can survive in lawns due to its ability to resprout from its low basal rosette of leaves. It typically does not enter undisturbed natural areas.<ref>{{cite web |title=Chicory, Cichorium intybus |url=https://hort.extension.wisc.edu/articles/chicory-cichorium-intybus/ |publisher=University of Wisconsin-Madison}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Dorman |first1=Kathryn |title=Chicory- weed or flower? |url=https://extension.psu.edu/chicory-weed-or-flower |publisher=Penn State Extension}}</ref> It most prefers limestone soils, but tolerates an array of conditions. [[Bee]]s, [[Butterfly|butterflies]], and [[Fly|flies]] feed upon it. Chicory is classified as a [[Drought tolerance|drought tolerant]] plant. <ref>{{Cite web |last=University |first=Utah State |title=Chicory |url=https://extension.usu.edu/rangeplants/forbs-herbaceous/chicory |access-date=2024-06-20 |website=extension.usu.edu |language=en}}</ref>