British NVC community M20
NVC community M20 (Eriophorum vaginatum raised and blanket mire) is one of the
communities in the British National Vegetation Classification
system.
It is a comparatively localised community. There are two
subcommunities
.
Community composition
Two
Hare's-tail Cottongrass
(Eriophorum vaginatum), are found in this community.
No
rare species
are associated with the community.
Distribution
This community is found throughout northern England. It is extensive in the southern Pennines, but more local elsewhere. It is also found locally in eastern Scotland and south Wales. It is mainly found within tracts of upland blanket bog, but also locally on raised bogs.
Subcommunities
There are two
subcommunities
:
- the so-called Species-poor subcommunity
- the Calluna vulgaris - Cladonia spp. subcommunity
References
- ISBN 0-521-62720-6(paperback)