- British NVC community CG10
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NVC community CG10 ("Festuca ovina - Agrostis capillaris - Thymus praecox" grassland) is one of the calcicolous grassland communities in the
British National Vegetation Classification system. Of the upland group of calcicolous grasslands, it is the only one with a short sward associated with heavy grazing.It is a comparatively widely distributed community in the British uplands. There are three subcommunities.
Community composition
The following constant species are found in this community:
*Common Bent ("Agrostis capillaris")
*Harebell ("Campanula rotundifolia")
*Sheep's Fescue ("Festuca ovina")
*Red Fescue ("Festuca rubra")
*Ribwort Plantain ("Plantago lanceolata")
*Tormentil ("Potentilla erecta")
*Self-heal ("Prunella vulgaris")
*Wild Thyme ("Thymus praecox")
*Common Dog-violet ("Viola riviniana")
*Glittering Wood-moss ("Hylocomium splendens")The following rare species are also associated with the community:
* the
Lady's-mantle ("Alchemilla filicaulis ssp. filicaulis")
* the Lady's-mantle ("Alchemilla wichurae")
*Hair Sedge ("Carex capillaris")
*Soft-leaved Sedge ("Carex montana")
*Rock Sedge ("Carex rupestris")
*Hoary Whitlowgrass ("Draba incana")
*Limestone Bedstraw ("Galium sterneri")
*Spring Sandwort ("Minuartia verna")
*Alpine Forget-me-not ("Myosotis alpestris")
*Dwarf Cudweed ("Omalotheca supina")
*Alpine Pearlwort ("Sagina saginoides")
*Dwarf Willow ("Salix herbacea")
*Sibbaldia ("Sibbaldia procumbens")
*Scottish Asphodel ("Tofieldia pusilla")Distribution
This community is found widely on
calcareous upland sites inScotland , northernEngland andWales .ubcommunities
There are three subcommunities:
* the "Trifolium repens - Luzula campestris" subcommunity
* the "Carex pulicaris - Carex panicea" subcommunity
* the "Saxifraga aizoides - Ditrichum flexicaule" subcommunityReferences
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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)
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