British Plant Communities, Issue 3British Plant Communities is the first systematic and comprehensive account of the vegetation types of Britain. It covers all natural, semi-natural and major artificial habitats in Great Britain (but not Northern Ireland), representing the fruits of fifteen years of research by leading plant ecologists. The book breaks new ground in wedding the rigorous interest in the classification of plant communities that has characterized Continental phytosociology with the deep concern traditional in Great Britain to understand how vegetation works. The published volumes have been greeted with universal acclaim, and the series has become firmly established as a framework for a wide variety of teaching, research and management activities in ecology, conservation and land-use planning. |
Contents
The approach to data analysis | 7 |
INTRODUCTION TO MESOTROPHIC GRASSLANDS | 17 |
Longterm leys and related grasslands | 23 |
MG1 Arrhenatherum elatius grassland | 32 |
MG2 Arrhenatherum elatiusFilipendula ulmaria tallherb grassland | 43 |
MG3 Anthoxanthum odoratumGeranium sylvaticum grassland | 49 |
MG4 Alopecurus pratensisSanguisorba officinalis grassland | 56 |
MG8 Cynosurus cristatusCaltha palustris grassland | 79 |
Moss and rushheaths of low and middlealpine plateaus | 284 |
KEY TO CALCIFUGOUS GRASSLANDS | 289 |
Festuca ovinaAgrostis capillarisRumex acetosella grassland | 300 |
U2 Deschampsia flexuosa grassland | 317 |
U3 Agrostis curtisii grassland | 324 |
U4 Festuca ovinaAgrostis capillarisGalium saxatile grassland | 331 |
US Nardus strictaGalium saxatile grassland | 352 |
U6 Juncus squarrosusFestuca ovina grassland | 368 |
MG10 Holcus lanatusJuncus effusus rushpasture | 88 |
MG11 Festuca rubraAgrostis stoloniferaPotentilla anserina grassland | 94 |
MG13 Agrostis stoloniferaAlopecurus geniculatus grassland | 103 |
Data analysis and the description of calcicolous grassland communities | 110 |
Sesleria albicans grasslands | 116 |
CG1 Festuca ovinaCarlina vulgaris grassland | 126 |
CG2 Festuca ovinaAvenula pratensis grassland | 140 |
CG3 Bromus erectus grassland | 166 |
CG4 Brachypodium pinnatum grassland | 176 |
CG5 Bromus erectusBrachypodium pinnatum grassland | 182 |
CG6 Avenula pubescens grassland | 188 |
CG7 Festuca ovinaHieracium pilosellaThymus praecoxpulegioides grass | 194 |
CG8 Sesleria albicansScabiosa columbaria grassland | 211 |
CG9 Sesleria albicansGalium sterneri grassland | 218 |
CG10 Festuca ovinaAgrostis capillarisThymus praecox grassland | 234 |
CG11 Festuca ovinaAgrostis capillarisAlchemilla alpina grassheath | 246 |
CG12 Festuca ovinaAlchemilla alpinaSilene acaulis dwarfherb community | 254 |
CG14 Dryas octopetalaSilene acaulis ledge community | 267 |
INTRODUCTION TO CALCIFUGOUS GRASSLANDS | 277 |
U7 Nardus strictaCarex bigelowii grassheath | 379 |
U8 Carex bigelowiiPolytrichum alpinum sedgeheath | 389 |
U9 Juncus trifidusRacomitrium lanuginosum rushheath | 396 |
U10 Carex bigelowiiRacomitrium lanuginosum mossheath | 403 |
Ull Polytrichum sexangulareKiaeria starkei snowbed | 417 |
U12 Salix herbaceaRacomitrium heterostichum snowbed | 424 |
U13 Deschampsia cespitosaGalium saxatile grassland | 430 |
U14 Alchemilla alpinaSibbaldia procumbens dwarfherb community | 440 |
U15 Saxifraga aizoidesAlchemilla glabra banks | 446 |
U16 Luzula sylvaticaVaccinium myrtillus tallherb community | 452 |
U17 Luzula sylvaticaGeum rivale tallherb community | 461 |
U18 Cryptogramma crispaAthyrium distentifolium snowbed | 478 |
U20 Pteridium aquilinumGalium saxatile community | 487 |
U21 Cryptogramma crispaDeschampsia flexuosa community | 499 |
MG5 Cynosurus cristatusCentaurea nigra grassland | 505 |
INDEX OF SPECIES IN GRASSLANDS | 513 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 525 |
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Common terms and phrases
abundant Agrostis capillaris albicans Alchemilla alpina alpinum altitudes Anthoxanthum odoratum Arctic-Alpine bigelowii Birse Brachypodium bryophytes calcareous calcicolous calcifuge Calluna canina Carex flacca Centaurea Cerastium fontanum Chalk characteristic Cirsium Cladonia climate cristatus Ctenidium molluscum Deschampsia cespitosa dicotyledons Dicranum scoparium dominant edaphic Festuca ovina Festuca rubra Festuca-Avenula grassland flexuosa Floristic table frequent Galium saxatile glomerata grass-heath grasses grazing habitats heath Helianthemum Highlands Holcus lanatus Hylocomium splendens Hypnum cupressiforme Juncus kind Koeleria macrantha lanuginosum Leontodon lichens Limestone Lotus corniculatus lowland Luzula McVean & Ratcliffe montane myrtillus Nardus nigra nodum Number occasional occur panicea pasture perennis Pigott pinnatum plants Pleurozium schreberi Polytrichum Polytrichum alpinum Potentilla erecta prominent Racomitrium Racomitrium lanuginosum Ranunculus Ratcliffe 1962 Rhytidiadelphus Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus Rumex Salix samples Saxifraga Sesleria Shimwell 1968a Silene slopes snow-beds soils sometimes species squarrosus stands sub-community swards Tansley tation Thymus praecox tussocks Typical sub-community ungrazed upland usually Vaccinium vege vegetation types Viola vulgaris zonations