Mires in the British National Vegetation Classification system
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This article gives an overview of the mire
communities in the British National Vegetation Classification
system.
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In total, 38 mire communities have been identified.
The mire communities consist of a number of separate subgroups.
Miré
Miré is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France....
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.
Introduction
The mire communities of the NVC were described in Volume 2 of British Plant Communities, first published in 1991, along with the heath communitiesHeaths 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...
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In total, 38 mire communities have been identified.
The mire communities consist of a number of separate subgroups.
- five bog plane communities (M17, M18, M19, M20 and M21)
- two wet heath communities (M15 and M16)
- four bog-pool communities (M1, M2, M3British NVC community M3NVC community M3 is one of the mire communities in the British National Vegetation Classification system.It is a localised community of northern Britain...
and M4British NVC community M4NVC community M4 is one of the mire communities in the British National Vegetation Classification system.It is a localised community of northern and western Britain...
) - four base-poor small sedge & rush communities (M5, M6, M7 and M8)
- six base-poor small sedge & SchoenusSchoenus (plant)Schoenus is a genus of sedges. Plants of this genus mainly occur in Australasia.Species include:*Schoenus acuminatus*Schoenus andrewsii*Schoenus armeria*Schoenus badius*Schoenus benthamii*Schoenus capillifolius...
communities (M9, M10, M11, M12, M13 and M14) - seven fen-meadowFen-meadowA Fen-meadow is a habitat that occurs in numerous locations throughout northern and western Europe. This habitat is found in generally damp lowland areas....
/ rush-pasture communities (M22, M23, M24, M26, M25, M27 and M28) - two soakaway communities (M29 and M30)
- eight communities of springs and rills (M31, M32, M33, M34, M35, M36, M37 and M38)
List of mire communities
The following is a list of the communities that make up this category:- M1 Sphagnum auriculatum bog pool communityBritish NVC Community M1 (Sphagnum auriculatum bog pool community)NVC community M1 is one of the mire communities in the British National Vegetation Classification system.It is a fairly widespread community in western Britain, but absent from the east...
- M2 Sphagnum cuspidatum/recurvum bog pool communityBritish NVC Community M2 (Sphagnum cuspidatum/recurvum bog pool community)NVC community M2 is one of the mire communities in the British National Vegetation Classification system....
- M3 Eriophorum angustifolium bog pool community
- M4 Carex rostrata - Sphagnum recurvum mire
- M5 Carex rostrata - Sphagnum squarrosum mire
- M6 Carex echinata - Sphagnum recurva/auriculatum mire
- M7 Carex curta - Sphagnum russowii mire
- M8 Carex rostrata - Sphagnum warnstorfii mire
- M9 Carex rostrata - Calligeron cuspidatum/giganteum mire
- M10 Carex dioica - Pinguicula vulgaris mire Pinguiculo-Caricetum dioicae Jones 1973 emend.
- M11 Carex demissa - Saxifraga aizoides mire Carici-Saxifragetum aizoidis McVean & Ratcliffe 1962 emend.
- M12 Carex saxatilis mire Caricetum saxatilis McVean & Ratcliffe 1962
- M13 Schoenus nigricans - Juncus subnodulosus mire Schoenetum nigricantis Koch 1926
- M14 Schoneus nigricans - Narthecium ossifragum mire
- M15 Scirpus cespitosus - Erica tetralix wet heath
- M16 Erica tetralix - Sphagnum compactum wet heath Ericetum tetralicis Schwickerath 1933
- M17 Scirpus cespitosus - Eriophorum vaginatum blanket mire
- M18 Erica tetralix - Sphagnum papillosum raised and blanket mire
- M19 Calluna vulgaris - Eriophorum vaginatum blanket mire
- M20 Eriophorum vaginatum raised and blanket mireBritish NVC Community M20 (Eriophorum vaginatum raised and blanket mire)NVC community M20 is one of the mire communities in the British National Vegetation Classification system.It is a comparatively localised community...
- M21 Narthecium ossifragum - Sphagnum papillosum valley mire Narthecio-Sphagnetum euatlanticum Duvigneaud 1949
- M22 Juncus subnodulosus - Cirsium palustre fen-meadowJuncus subnodulosus-Cirsium palustre fen-meadowThe Juncus subnodulosus-Cirsium palustre fen-meadow is a plant association characteristically found on damp ground in portions of western Europe...
- 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
- M26 Molinia caerulea - Crepis paludosa mire
- M27 Filipendula ulmaria - Angelica sylvestris mire
- M28 Iris pseudacorus - Filipendula ulmaria mire Filipendulo-Iridetum pseudacori Adam 1976 emend.
- M29 Hypericum elodes - Potamogeton polygonifolius soakway Hyperico-Potametum polygonifolii (Allorge 1921) Braun-Blanquet & Tüxen 1952
- M30 Related vegetation of seasonally-inundated habitats Hydrocotyla-Baldellion Tüxen & Dierssen 1972
- M31 Anthelia judacea - Sphagnum auriculatum spring Sphagno auriculati-Anthelietum judaceae Shimwell 1972
- M32 Philonotis fontana - Saxifraga stellaris spring Philonoto-Saxifragetum stellaris Nordhagen 1943
- M33 Pohlia wahlenbergii var. glacialis spring Pohlietum glacialis McVean & Ratcliffe 1962
- M34 Carex demissa - Koenigia islandica flush
- M35 Ranunculus omiophyllus - Montia fontana rill
- M36 Lowland springs and streambanks of shaded situations Cardaminion (Maas 1959) Westhoff & den Held 1969
- M37 Cratoneuron commutatum - Festuca rubra spring
- M38 Cratoneuron commutatum - Carex nigra spring