British NVC community MG11

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British NVC community MG11 (Festuca rubra - Agrostis stolonifera - Potentilla anserina grassland) is one of the mesotrophic grassland communities in the British National Vegetation Classification system. It is one of three types of mesotrophic grassland classified as grass-dominated inundation communities.

It is a quite localised community. There are three subcommunities.

[edit] Community composition

The following constant species are found in this community:

No rare species are associated with this community.

[edit] Distribution

This community is found mainly in lowland river valleys in the Midlands and south-west England, with concentrations also in saltmarshes on Britain's west coast.

[edit] Subcommunities

There are three subcommunities:

  • the Lolium perenne subcommunity
  • the Atriplex prostrata subcommunity
  • the Honkenya peploides subcommunity