British NVC community MG10 (Holcus lanatus - Juncus effusus rush-pasture) is one of the mesotrophic grassland

Mesotrophic grasslands in the British National Vegetation Classification system

This article gives an overview of the mesotrophic grassland communities in the British National Vegetation Classification system.-Introduction:The mesotrophic grassland communities of the NVC were described in Volume 3 of British Plant Communities, first published in 1992, along with the...

 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 associated with poorly-drained permanent pastures.

It is a widespread community throughout the British lowlands. There are three subcommunities.

Community composition

The following constant species are found in this community:

• Creeping Bent
  Agrostis stolonifera
  Agrostis stolonifera is a perennial grass species in the Poaceae family. It is stoloniferous and may form mats or tufts...
  
   (Agrostis stolonifera)
• Yorkshire-fog (Holcus lanatus)
• Soft Rush
  Soft rush
  Soft Rush is a member of the genus Juncus. Native to most continents and hence also known as Common Rush, this plant is found growing in wet areas, such as the purple moor-grass and rush pastures and fen-meadow plant associations in the United Kingdom.-Description:It grows in large clumps about...
  
   (Juncus effusus)
• Creeping Buttercup
  Creeping buttercup
  Ranunculus repens is a flowering plant in the buttercup family, native to Europe, Asia and northwestern Africa. It is also called Creeping Crowfoot and Sitfast.-Growth:...
  
   (Ranunculus repens)

No rare species are associated with this community.

Distribution

This community is widespread in England and Wales; in Scotland it is more localised, being found only in the south and east.

Subcommunities

There are three subcommunities:

• the so-called typical subcommunity
• the Juncus inflexus subcommunity
• the Iris pseudoacorus subcommunity