• Source: Mires in the British National Vegetation Classification system

This article gives an overview of the mire plant 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 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, M3 and M4)
four base-poor small sedge & rush communities (M5, M6, M7 and M8)
six base-poor small sedge & Schoenus communities (M9, M10, M11, M12, M13 and M14)
seven fen-meadow / rush-pasture communities (M22, M23, M24, M25, M26, 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 community
M2 Sphagnum cuspidatum/recurvum bog pool community
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 mire
M21 Narthecium ossifragum - Sphagnum papillosum valley mire Narthecio-Sphagnetum euatlanticum Duvigneaud 1949
M22 Juncus subnodulosus - Cirsium palustre fen-meadow
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 soakaway 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




References


National Vegetation Classification field guide to mires and heaths by Joint Nature Conservation Committee

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Mires in the British National Vegetation Classification system
• British National Vegetation Classification
• List of plant communities in the British National Vegetation Classification
• Heaths in the British National Vegetation Classification system
• M35
• M36
• British NVC community M16
• British NVC community M27
• British NVC community M25
• Shingle, strandline and sand-dune communities in the British National Vegetation Classification system