British NVC community H2

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NVC community H2 (Calluna vulgaris - Ulex minor heath) is one of the heath communities in the British National Vegetation Classification system. It is one of five communities categorised as lowland dry heaths.

It has a localised distribution in southern England. There are three subcommunities.

[edit] Community composition

The following constant species are found in this community:

  • Heather (Calluna vulgaris)
  • Wavy Hair-grass (Deschampsia flexuosa)
  • Bell Heather (Erica cinerea)
  • Dwarf Gorse (Ulex minor)

Two rare species, Bristle Bent (Agrostis curtisii) and Hairy Greenweed (Genista pilosa), are associated with the community.

[edit] Distribution

This community is confined to southern England, from Dorset to Surrey and Kent, with the greatest concentrations occurring in the New Forest, Hampshire.

[edit] Subcommunities

There are three subcommunities:

  • the so-called typical subcommunity
  • the Vaccinium myrtillus subcommunity
  • the Molinia caerulea subcommunity


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