British NVC community MG1
- British NVC community MG1
__NOTOC__British NVC community MG1 (Arrhenatherum elatius grassland) is one of the mesotrophic grassland communities in the British National Vegetation Classification system.
It is a very widespread community throughout the British lowlands. There are five subcommunities.
Community composition
The following constant species are found in this community:
* False Oat-grass ("Arrhenatherum elatius")
* Cock's-foot ("Dactylis glomerata")
One rare species, Nottingham Catchfly ("Silene nutans"), is associated with this community.
Distribution
This community is very widespread in lowland areas in England, Wales and southern and eastern Scotland.
ubcommunities
There are five subcommunities, and two of these have been further subdivided into a number of variants:
* the "Festuca rubra" subcommunity, subdivided into:
** a ""'Centaurea scabiosa" variant"
** a ""'Geranium pratense" variant"
** a ""'Bromus sterilis" variant"
** a ""'Myrrhis odorata" variant"
** an ""'Epilobium angustifolium" variant"
* the "Urtica dioica" subcommunity, subdivided into:
** a ""'Papaver rhoeas" variant"
** an ""'Artemisia vulgaris" variant"
** an ""'Epilobium hirsutum" variant"
* the "Filipendula ulmaria" subcommunity
* the "Pastinaca sativa" subcommunity
* the "Centaurea nigra" subcommunity
References
* Rodwell, J. S. (1992) "British Plant Communities Volume 3 - Grasslands and montane communities" ISBN 0-521-39166-0 (hardback), ISBN 0-521-62719-2 (paperback)
Wikimedia Foundation.
2010.
Look at other dictionaries:
British NVC community MG5 — (Cynosurus cristatus Centaurea nigra grassland) is one of the mesotrophic grassland communities in the British National Vegetation Classification system. It is one of four such communities associated with well drained permanent pastures and… … Wikipedia
British NVC community MG2 — (Arrhenatherum elatius Filipendula ulmaria tall herb grassland) is one of the mesotrophic grassland communities in the British National Vegetation Classification system. It is a localised community found only in northern England. There are two… … Wikipedia
Mesotrophic grasslands in the British National Vegetation Classification system — This article gives an overview of the mesotrophic grassland communities in the British National Vegetation Classification system. Introduction The mesotrophic grassland communities of the NVC were described in Volume 3 of British Plant… … Wikipedia
List of plant communities in the British National Vegetation Classification — The following is the list of the 286 plant communities which comprise the British National Vegetation Classification (NVC). These are grouped by major habitat category, as used in the five volumes of British Plant Communities , the standard work… … Wikipedia
Maritime cliff communities in the British National Vegetation Classification system — This article gives an overview of the maritime cliff communities in the British National Vegetation Classification system. Introduction The maritime cliff communities of the NVC were described in Volume 5 of British Plant Communities, first… … Wikipedia
Mires in the British National Vegetation Classification system — This article gives an overview of the mire communities in the British National Vegetation Classification system. Introduction The mire communities of the NVC were described in Volume 2 of British Plant Communities, first published in 1991, along… … Wikipedia
Whitton Bridge Pasture — Geobox Protected Area name = Whitton Bridge Pasture native name = other name = other name1 = category local = Site of Special Scientific Interest category iucn = image size = image caption = country = England region = North East region type =… … Wikipedia
