British NVC community OV5
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NVC community OV5 (Digitaria ischaemum - Erodium cicutarium community) is one of the open habitat communities in the British National Vegetation Classification system.
It is a very localised community. There are no subcommunities.
[edit] Community composition
The following constant species are found in this community:
- Smooth Hawk's-beard (Crepis capillaris)
- Smooth Finger-grass (Digitaria ischaemum)
- Common Couch (Elytrigia repens)
- Common Stork's-bill (Erodium cicutarium)
- Dove's-foot Crane's-bill (Geranium molle)
- Annual Meadow-grass (Poa annua)
- Groundsel (Senecio vulgaris)
- Corn Spurrey (Spergula arvensis)
- Common Chickweed (Stellaria media)
One rare species are associated with the community, Loose Silky-bent (Apera spica-venti).
[edit] Distribution
This community is confined to a single locality in Surrey.
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
