Mires in the British National Vegetation Classification system
This article gives an overview of the mire plant communities in the British National Vegetation Classification system.
Introduction[]
The mire communities of the NVC were described in Volume 2 of British Plant Communities, first published in 1991, along with the heath communities.
In total, 38 mire communities have been identified.
The mire communities consist of a number of separate subgroups.
- five bog plane communities (, , , M20 and )
- two wet heath communities ( and )
- four bog-pool communities (M1, M2, M3 and M4)
- four base-poor small sedge & rush communities (, , and )
- six base-poor small sedge & Schoenus communities (, , , , and )
- seven fen-meadow / rush-pasture communities (, M23, M24, , , and )
- two soakaway communities ( and )
- eight communities of springs and rills (, , , , , , and )
List of mire communities[]
The following is a list of the communities that make up this category:
- M1 Sphagnum auriculatum bog pool community
- M2 Sphagnum cuspidatum/recurvum bog pool community
- M3 Eriophorum angustifolium bog pool community
- M4 Carex rostrata - Sphagnum recurvum mire
- M16 Erica tetralix - Sphagnum compactum wet heath Ericetum tetralicis Schwickerath 1933
- M20 Eriophorum vaginatum raised and blanket mire
- M22 Juncus subnodulosus - Cirsium palustre fen-meadow
- M23 Juncus effusus/acutiflorus - Galium palustre rush-pasture
- M24 Molinia caerulea - Cirsium dissectum fen-meadow Cirsium-Molinietum caeruleae Sissingh & De Vries 1942 emend.
- M25 Molinia caerulea - Potentilla erecta mire
- M27 Filipendula ulmaria - Angelica sylvestris mire
References[]
Categories:
- British National Vegetation Classification mire communities
- Wetlands of the United Kingdom