British NVC community OV8
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British NVC community OV8 (Veronica persica - Alopecurus myosuroides community) is one of the open habitat
communities in the British National Vegetation Classification
system. It is one of eight arable weed and wasteland communities of fertile loams and clays.
This community is essentially the same as the Alopecuro-Chamomilletum recutitae assemblage of Wasscher 1941, though the latter is now usually treated as part of the Veronico - Lamietum hybridi
assemblage.
It is a widespread community. There are no subcommunities.
There are no rare species associated with the community.
and East Anglia
, and locally as far west as Dorset
.
Vegetation of open habitats in the British National Vegetation Classification system
This article gives an overview of the plant communities formed by vegetation of open habitats in the British National Vegetation Classification system.-Introduction:...
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 eight arable weed and wasteland communities of fertile loams and clays.
This community is essentially the same as the Alopecuro-Chamomilletum recutitae assemblage of Wasscher 1941, though the latter is now usually treated as part of the Veronico - Lamietum hybridi
British NVC community OV7
British NVC community OV7 is one of the open habitat communities in the British National Vegetation Classification system...
assemblage.
It is a widespread community. There are no subcommunities.
Community composition
The following constant species are found in this community:- Black-grass (Alopecurus myosuroidesAlopecurus myosuroidesAlopecurus myosuroides is an annual grass, found on cultivated and waste land. It is also known as Slender Meadow Foxtail, Black-Grass, Twitch Grass, Black Twitch.-Description:...
) - Black-bindweed (Fallopia convolvulus)
- Common couch (Elymus repensElymus repensElymus repens Gould is a very common perennial species of grass native to most of Europe, Asia, and northwest Africa...
) - Knotgrass (Polygonum avicularePolygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare or Common Knotgrass is a plant related to buckwheat and dock. It is also called birdweed, pigweed and lowgrass. It is an annual found in fields and wasteland, with white flowers from June to October....
) - Common chickweed (Stellaria media)
- Common field-speedwell (Veronica persicaVeronica persicaVeronica persica is a flowering plant native of Eurasia. First recorded in Britain in 1825 and now widespread in the United States, and east Asia .-General description:The seed leaves are broadly triangular cotyledons, with truncated base...
)
There are no rare species associated with the community.
Distribution
This is a weed community that is associated with winter-sown arable crops on heavy loams and clays. Its distribution is dictated by the range of Alopecurus myosuroides which, in Britain, is common only in the south-east MidlandsEnglish Midlands
The Midlands, or the English Midlands, is the traditional name for the area comprising central England that broadly corresponds to the early medieval Kingdom of Mercia. It borders Southern England, Northern England, East Anglia and Wales. Its largest city is Birmingham, and it was an important...
and East Anglia
East Anglia
East Anglia is a traditional name for a region of eastern England, named after an ancient Anglo-Saxon kingdom, the Kingdom of the East Angles. The Angles took their name from their homeland Angeln, in northern Germany. East Anglia initially consisted of Norfolk and Suffolk, but upon the marriage of...
, and locally as far west as Dorset
Dorset
Dorset , is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The county town is Dorchester which is situated in the south. The Hampshire towns of Bournemouth and Christchurch joined the county with the reorganisation of local government in 1974...
.