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


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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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