British NVC community H7

British NVC community H7

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NVC community H7 ("Calluna vulgaris - Scilla verna" heath) is one of the heath communities in the British National Vegetation Classification system. It is one of two communities categorised as maritime heaths.

It is a fairly widespread coastal community. There are five subcommunities.

Community composition

The following eleven constant species are found in this community:
* Heather ("Calluna vulgaris")
* Bell Heather ("Erica cinerea")
* Sheep's Fescue ("Festuca ovina")
* Yorkshire-fog ("Holcus lanatus")
* Common Cat's-ear ("Hypochaeris radicata")
* Bird's-foot Trefoil ("Lotus corniculatus")
* Ribwort Plantain ("Plantago lanceolata")
* Sea Plantain ("Plantago maritima")
* Tormentil ("Potentilla erecta")
* Spring Squill ("Scilla verna")
* Wild Thyme ("Thymus praecox")

The following rare species are associated with the community:

* Chives ("Allium schoenoprasum")
* Purple Milk-vetch ("Astragalus danicus")
* Cornish Heath ("Erica vagans")
* Portland Spurge ("Euphorbia portlandica")
* Hairy Greenweed ("Genista pilosa")
* Fringed Rupturewort ("Herniaria ciliolata")
* Land Quillwort ("Isoetes histrix")
* Spring Sandwort ("Minuartia verna")
* Scottish Primrose ("Primula scotica")
* Autumn Squill ("Scilla autumnalis")
* Spring Squill ("Scilla verna")
* Autumn Ladies'-tresses ("Spiranthes spiralis")
* Twin-headed Clover ("Trifolium bocconei")
* Western Clover ("Trifolium occidentale")

Distribution

This community is found all around the coasts of Scotland, western Wales, Devon and Cornwall.

ubcommunities

There are five subcommunities:
* the "Armeria maritima" subcommunity
* the "Viola riviniana" subcommunity
* the "Erica tetralix" subcommunity
* the "Empetrum nigrum ssp. nigrum" subcommunity
* the "Calluna vulgaris" subcommunity

References

* Rodwell, J. S. (1991) "British Plant Communities Volume 2 - Mires and heaths" ISBN 0-521-39165-2 (hardback), ISBN 0-521-62720-6 (paperback)


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