Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- Preamble
- Salt-marsh communities
- COMMUNITY DESCRIPTIONS
- Shingle, strandline and sand-dune communities
- COMMUNITY DESCRIPTIONS
- Maritime cliff communities
- COMMUNITY DESCRIPTIONS
- MC1: Crithmum maritimum-Spergularia rupicola maritime rock-crevice community: Crithmo-Spergularietum rupicolae Géhu 1964
- MC2: Armeria maritima-Ligusticum scoticum maritime rock-crevice community
- MC3: Rhodiola rosea-Armeria maritima maritime cliff-ledge community
- MC4: Brassica oleracea maritime cliff-ledge community
- MC5: Armeria maritima-Cerastium diffusum ssp. diffusum maritime therophyte community
- MC6: Atriplex prostrata-Beta vulgaris ssp. maritima sea-bird cliff community: Atriplici-Betetum maritimae J.-M. & J. Géhu 1969
- MC7: Stellaria media-Rumex acetosa sea-bird cliff community
- MC8: Festuca rubra-Armeria maritima maritime grassland
- MC9: Festuca rubra-Holcus lanatus maritime grassland
- MC10: Festuca rubra-Plantago spp. maritime grassland
- MC11: Festuca rubra-Daucus carota ssp. gummifer maritime grassland
- MC12: Festuca rubra-Hyacinthoides non-scripta maritime bluebell community
- Vegetation of open habitats
- COMMUNITY DESCRIPTIONS
- INDEX OF SYNONYMS TO MARITIME COMMUNITIES AND VEGETATION OF OPEN HABITATS
- INDEX OF SPECIES IN MARITIME COMMUNITIES AND VEGETATION OF OPEN HABITATS
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- PHYTOSOCIOLOGICAL CONSPECTUS OF BRITISH PLANT COMMUNITIES
MC10: Festuca rubra-Plantago spp. maritime grassland
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 September 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- Preamble
- Salt-marsh communities
- COMMUNITY DESCRIPTIONS
- Shingle, strandline and sand-dune communities
- COMMUNITY DESCRIPTIONS
- Maritime cliff communities
- COMMUNITY DESCRIPTIONS
- MC1: Crithmum maritimum-Spergularia rupicola maritime rock-crevice community: Crithmo-Spergularietum rupicolae Géhu 1964
- MC2: Armeria maritima-Ligusticum scoticum maritime rock-crevice community
- MC3: Rhodiola rosea-Armeria maritima maritime cliff-ledge community
- MC4: Brassica oleracea maritime cliff-ledge community
- MC5: Armeria maritima-Cerastium diffusum ssp. diffusum maritime therophyte community
- MC6: Atriplex prostrata-Beta vulgaris ssp. maritima sea-bird cliff community: Atriplici-Betetum maritimae J.-M. & J. Géhu 1969
- MC7: Stellaria media-Rumex acetosa sea-bird cliff community
- MC8: Festuca rubra-Armeria maritima maritime grassland
- MC9: Festuca rubra-Holcus lanatus maritime grassland
- MC10: Festuca rubra-Plantago spp. maritime grassland
- MC11: Festuca rubra-Daucus carota ssp. gummifer maritime grassland
- MC12: Festuca rubra-Hyacinthoides non-scripta maritime bluebell community
- Vegetation of open habitats
- COMMUNITY DESCRIPTIONS
- INDEX OF SYNONYMS TO MARITIME COMMUNITIES AND VEGETATION OF OPEN HABITATS
- INDEX OF SPECIES IN MARITIME COMMUNITIES AND VEGETATION OF OPEN HABITATS
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- PHYTOSOCIOLOGICAL CONSPECTUS OF BRITISH PLANT COMMUNITIES
Summary
Synonymy
Plantago sward Praeger 1911, Tansley, 1939, Asprey 1946, Poore & Robertson 1949, McVean 1961 p.p.; Plantaginetum coronopi Gillham 1953 p.p.; Plantago maritima nodum Malloch 1971; Habitat Group IV Goldsmith 1975 p.p.
Constant species
Festuca rubra, Plantago coronopus, P. lanceolata, P. maritima, Agrostis stolonifera.
Rare species
Astragalus danicus, Oxytropis halleri, Primula scotica, Scilla verna, Trifolium occidentale.
Physiognomy
The Festuca-Plantago maritime grassland has a closed, very short and tight sward which is generally dominated by F. rubra and Plantago spp., especially P. maritima, with some Agrostis stolonifera and a variety of diminutive herbaceous associates of which Euphrasia spp. (usually grazed beyond recognition to the species), Lotus corniculatus, Leontodon autumnalis, Cerastium fontanum and Scilla verna are the most frequent throughout. Bryophytes make a small contribution to the sward with occasional records for Hypnum cupressiforme and Mnium hornum.
Sub-communities
Armeria maritima sub-community: Plantago sward auct. angl. p.p. A. maritima is an additional constant in the rather species-poor sward of this sub-community, though it is only rarely abundant. Holcus lanatus, Cochlearia officinalis, Poa subcaerulea (especially in the north), Silene vulgaris ssp. maritima, Leontodon taraxacoides and Cerastium diffusum ssp. diffusum are preferential or differential at low frequency. Oxytropis halleri, Primula scotica and Trifolium occidentale occur occasionally within their ranges of distribution.
Carex panicea sub-community. Euphrasia spp., Lotus corniculatus and Leontodon autumnalis attain constancy in this more species-rich and rather variable sward but the really distinctive feature is the constancy and occasional abundance of Carex panicea.
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- British Plant Communities , pp. 300 - 304Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2000