NVC community H5 is one of the heath

Heaths in the British National Vegetation Classification system

This article gives an overview of the heath communities in the British National Vegetation Classification system.-Introduction:The heath communities of the NVC were described, along with the mire communities, in Volume 2 of British Plant Communities, first published in 1991.In total, 22 heath...

 communities in the British National Vegetation Classification

British National Vegetation Classification

The British National Vegetation Classification or NVC is a system of classifying natural habitat types in Great Britain according to the vegetation they contain....

 system. It is one of three communities which are considered transitional between the lowland dry heaths and the wetter communities classified in the NVC as mires

Mires in the British National Vegetation Classification system

This article gives an overview of the mire 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...

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It is a very localised community. There are two subcommunities.

Community composition

The following constant species are found in this community:

• Bog pimpernel
  Anagallis tenella
  Anagallis tenella known in Britain as the Bog Pimpernel, is a low growing, perennial plant found in a variety of damp habitats from calcareous dune slacks to boggy and peaty heaths in Eurasia but absent from North America...
  
   (Anagallis tenella)
• Flea Sedge (Carex pulicaris)
• Cross-leaved Heath (Erica tetralix)
• Cornish Heath
  Cornish heath
  The Cornish heath is a species of heath that bears pink flowers and mid-green foliage. This is a shrub, reaching 0.75 m by 0.75 m. Its English name comes from the fact that, in Great Britain, it is only found on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall, where the unusual geology gives rise to the alkaline...
  
   (Erica vagans)
• Sheep's Fescue
  Sheep's Fescue
  Sheep's Fescue or Sheep Fescue is a species of grass.-General Description:It is a perennial plant sometimes found in acidic ground, for example in the Portlethen Moss, Scotland and mountain pasture, throughout Europe and eastwards across much of Asia; it has also been introduced to North...
  
   (Festuca ovina)
• Purple Moor-grass (Molinia caerulea)
• Tormentil
  Tormentil
  Common Tormentil is a herbaceous perennial belonging to the rose family , also known as Septfoil or simply as "tormentil" .-Characteristics:It is a low, clumb-forming plant with slender, procumbent...
  
   (Potentilla erecta)
• Black Bog-rush
  Schoenus nigricans
  Schoenus nigricans is a species of sedge known by the common name black bogrush. It is native to Eurasia, parts of Africa, Australia, and southern North America, including Mexico and the southernmost United States. It grows in many types of wetlands and other moist and alkaline habitat, including...
  
   (Schoenus nigricans)
• Saw-wort (Serratula tinctoria)
• Devil's-bit Scabious (Succisa pratensis)
• Western Gorse (Ulex gallii)
• Yellow Starry Feather-moss (Campylium stellatum)

The following rare species are associated with the community:

• Bristle Bent (Agrostis curtisii)
• Cornish Heath
  Cornish heath
  The Cornish heath is a species of heath that bears pink flowers and mid-green foliage. This is a shrub, reaching 0.75 m by 0.75 m. Its English name comes from the fact that, in Great Britain, it is only found on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall, where the unusual geology gives rise to the alkaline...
  
   (Erica vagans)
• Spring Squill (Scilla verna)

Subcommunities

There are two subcommunities:

• the so-called typical subcommunity
• the Eriocharis multicaulis subcommunity