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British NVC community OV5

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British NVC community OV5 (Digitaria ischaemum - Erodium cicutarium community) is one of the open habitat communities in the British National Vegetation Classification system. It is one of six arable weed and track-side communities of light, less-fertile acid soils.

Contents

It is a very localised community. There are no subcommunities.

Community composition

The following constant species are found in this community:

  • Smooth hawk's-beard (Crepis capillaris)
  • Smooth finger-grass (Digitaria ischaemum)
  • Common couch (Elytrigia repens)
  • Common stork's-bill (Erodium cicutarium)
  • Dove's-foot crane's-bill (Geranium molle)
  • Annual meadow-grass (Poa annua)
  • Groundsel (Senecio vulgaris)
  • Corn spurrey (Spergula arvensis)
  • Common chickweed (Stellaria media)

    • One rare species is associated with the community:

  • Loose silky-bent (Apera spica-venti).

    • Distribution

    This community is confined to a single locality in Surrey.

    References

    British NVC community OV5 Wikipedia
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