British NVC community OV5

NVC community OV5 (Digitaria ischaemum - Erodium cicutarium community) is one of the open habitat communities in the British National Vegetation Classification system. This article gives an overview of the Open habitat communities in the British National Vegetation Classification system For the US national vegetation classification see United States National Vegetation Classification Standard. For the US national vegetation classification see United States National Vegetation Classification Standard.

It is a very localised community. There are no subcommunities. For the US national vegetation classification see United States National Vegetation Classification Standard.

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 are associated with the community, Loose Silky-bent (Apera spica-venti). For the US national vegetation classification see United States National Vegetation Classification Standard. Smooth Hawksbeard, Crepis capillaris is a Species of the Crepis genus regarded as a native from the southern part of Northern Europe to northern part Erodium cicutarium, also known as Redstem filaree, Common Stork's-bill, is an herbaceous annual, and in warm climates a biennial Geranium molle or Dove's-foot Crane's-bill is an annual plant found in hedges banks and waste ground Poa is a Genus of about 500 Species of grasses native to the temperate regions of both hemispheres Senecio vulgaris, often known by the common name Common groundsel, a humble in appearance member of the Asteraceae family and Senecio Spergula arvensis ( Corn Spurrey) is a species of the genus Spergula. The common chickweed ( Stellaria media) is a cool-season annual Plant native to Europe, which is often eaten by Chickens It is commonly also called For the US national vegetation classification see United States National Vegetation Classification Standard.

Distribution

This community is confined to a single locality in Surrey. Surrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties.

References

Rodwell, J. S. (2000) British Plant Communities Volume 5 - Maritime communities and vegetation of open habitats ISBN 0-521-39167-9 (hardback), ISBN 0-521-64476-3 (paperback)

John S Rodwell is an Ecologist based at the University of Lancaster. British Plant Communities is a five-volume work edited by John S

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