British NVC community MC10

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British NVC community MC10 (Festuca rubra - Plantago spp. maritime grassland) is one of the maritime cliff communities in the British National Vegetation Classification system. It is one of five communities categorised as maritime sea-cliff grasslands.

This community is found widely in coastal areas. There are three subcommunities.

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[edit] Community composition

Five constant species are found in this community:

  • Red Fescue (Festuca rubra)
  • Buck's-horn Plantain (Plantago coronopus)
  • Ribwort Plantain (Plantago lanceolata)
  • Sea Plantain (Plantago maritima)
  • Creeping Bent (Agrostis stolonifera)

Five rare species are associated with this community:

  • Purple Milk-vetch (Astragalus danicus)
  • Purple Oxytropis (Oxytropus halleri)
  • Scottish Primrose (Primula scotica)
  • Spring Squill (Scilla verna)
  • Western Clover (Trifolium occidentale)

[edit] Distribution

This community is found in coastal areas on the west coast of Britain from Devon and Cornwall north to Shetland, with outlying examples in southeast Scotland and Northumberland.

[edit] Subcommunities

There are three subcommunities:

  • the Armeria maritima subcommunity
  • the Carex panicea subcommunity
  • the Schoenus nigricans subcommunity

[edit] References


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The British National Vegetation Classification

Woodlands and scrub • Mires • Heaths • Mesotrophic grasslands • Calcicolous grasslands • Calcifugous grasslands and montane communities • Aquatic communities • Swamps and tall-herb fens • Saltmarshes • Shingle, strandline and sand-dunes • Maritime cliff communities • Vegetation of open habitats
Full list of communities • Terminology • British Plant Communities • List of constant species • List of rare species

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