British NVC community SD19
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NVC community SD19 (Phleum arenarium - Arenaria serpyllifolia dune annual community) is one of the 16 sand-dune communities in the British National Vegetation Classification system. It is one of six communities assocaited with foredunes and mobile dunes.
It is a widespread coastal community. There are no subcommunities.
[edit] Community composition
The community has five constant species:
- Marram (Ammophila arenaria)
- Thyme-leaved Sandwort (Arenaria serpyllifolia)
- Sand Sedge (Carex arenaria)
- Red Fescue (Festuca rubra)
- Sand Cat's-tail (Phleum arenarium)
Two rare species, Early Sand-grass (Mibora minima) and Dune Fescue (Vulpia membranacea), are associated with this community.
[edit] Distribution
This community is widespread but scarce on British coastlines; it is more common in England and Wales than in Scotland, where it has to date only been found at a single site in the southwest.
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
