British NVC community OV14

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British NVC community OV14 (Urtica urens - Lamium amplexicaule community) is one of the open habitat communities in the British National Vegetation Classification system. It is one of eight arable weed and wasteland communities of fertile loams and clays.

It is a widespread community, with no subcommunities.

Community composition

The following constant species are found in this community:

There are three rare species associated with the community:

Distribution

This community is widespread throughout the lowlands of southern and eastern Britain and occurs locally on the eastern side of the country as far north as the lowlands of Scotland.

It occurs typically among root and vegetable crops on light soils that are fairly base-poor, being displaced by assemblages such as the Stellaria - Capsella community in areas that are more intensively fertilised.

References

Rodwell, John S (ed) (March 2000). Maritime communities and vegetation of open habitats. British Plant Communities. Vol. vol 5. Cambridge University Press. doi:10.2277/0521391679. ISBN 978-0-521-39167-2. {{cite book}}: |first= has generic name (help); |volume= has extra text (help)