- British NVC community MC4 (Brassica oleracea maritime cliff-ledge community)
British NVC community MC4 ("Brassica oleracea" maritime cliff-ledge community) is one of the maritime cliff communities in the
British National Vegetation Classification system. It is one of five communities categorised as maritime cliff crevice and ledge communities.This community is found locally on the south coast of England. There are two subcommunities.
Community composition
Four constant species are found in this community:
*Red Fescue ("Festuca rubra")
*Wild Cabbage ("Brassica oleracea")
*Cock's-foot ("Dactylis glomerata")
*Sea Carrot ("Daucus carota" ssp. "gummifer")Three rare species are associated with this community, Wild Cabbage itself, Early Spider-orchid ("Ophrys sphegodes") and
Nottingham Catchfly ("Silene nutans").Distribution
This community is found on the south coast of Britain, in west
Cornwall ,Dorset andKent .ubcommunities
There are two subcommunities:
* the "Beta vulgaris" ssp. "maritima" subcommunity
* the Rayed "Ononis repens" subcommunityReferences
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Rodwell, J. S. (2000) "British Plant Communities Volume 5 - Maritime communities and vegetation of open habitats" ISBN 0-521-39167-9 (hardback), ISBN 0-521-64476-3 (paperback)
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