British NVC community SM24

British NVC community SM24 (Elymus pycnanthus salt-marsh community) is one of the saltmarsh communities in the British National Vegetation Classification system. This article gives an overview of the Saltmarsh 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.

This community is found in a number of coastal areas, but is not recorded from Scotland. 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:

Sea Couch (Elymus pycnanthus)

No rare species are associated with the community. 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.

Distribution

This community is found primarily in four coastal areas: The Wash/north Norfolk, Essex/Suffolk, along the English South Coast, and in Northwest England, although in this latter area, stands are small. The Wash is the square-mouthed Estuary on the northwest margin of East Anglia on the east coast of England, where Norfolk meets Lincolnshire Norfolk (ˈnɔrfək is a low-lying county in East Anglia, England, United Kingdom. Essex is a county in the East of England. The County town is Chelmsford, and the highest point of the county is Chrishall Common Suffolk (ˈsʌfək is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. North West England is one of the nine official Regions of England. It is also recorded from the Bristol Channel, the Isle of Man and in northeast England. The Bristol Channel ( Môr Hafren) is a major inlet in the island of Great Britain, separating South Wales from Devon and Somerset The Isle of Man (Ellan Vannin ˈɛlʲən ˈvanɪn or Mann (Mannin) is a self-governing Crown dependency, located in the Irish Sea at the geographical North-East England is one of the nine official Regions of England and comprises the combined area of Northumberland, County Durham, Tyne and Wear

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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