British NVC community SD18
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NVC community SD18 (Hippophae rhamnoides dune scrub) is one of the 16 sand-dune communities in the British National Vegetation Classification system.
It is the only community characterised in the NVC as "dune scrub".
It is a widely distributed coastal community. There are two subcommunities.
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[edit] Community composition
The community has a single constant species, Sea Buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides), which is also regarded by the authors of British Plant Communities as a rare species.
[edit] Distribution
This community is found widely on the British east coast from Kent to Fife, but particularly in Norfolk and Lincolnshire; it is also found in a number of west coast locaities, for example in Devon, Wales and Lancashire.
[edit] Subcommunities
There are two subcommunities:
- the Festuca rubra subcommunity
- the Urtica dioica - Arrhenatherum elatius subcommunity
[edit] 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)
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