British NVC community M23

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NVC community M23 (Juncus effusus'/acutiflorus - Galium palustre rush-pasture) is one of the mire communities in the British National Vegetation Classification system.

This article gives an overview of the mire communities in the British National Vegetation Classification system.

The British National Vegetation Classification or NVC is a system of classifying natural habitat types in Great Britain according to the vegetation they contain.

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It is a community that can be found in the Purple Moor and Rush pasture BAP habitat in England.

Community composition

Constant species are:

<i>Galium palustre</i> species of plant

Galium palustre, the common marsh bedstraw or simply marsh-bedstraw, is a herbaceous annual plant of the family Rubiaceae. This plant is widely distributed, native to virtually every country in Europe, plus Morocco, the Azores, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Western Siberia, Greenland, eastern Canada, St. Pierre & Miquelon, and parts of the United States. The species is classified as a noxious weed in New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont and New Hampshire. It is considered naturalized in Kamchatka, Australia, New Zealand and Argentina.

<i>Holcus lanatus</i> species of plant

Holcus lanatus is a perennial grass. The specific epithet lanatus is Latin for 'woolly' which describes the plant's hairy texture. Common names include Yorkshire fog, tufted grass, and meadow soft grass. In North America, where it is an invasive species, names include velvet grass and common velvet grass.

<i>Juncus effusus</i> species of plant

Juncus effusus, with the common names common rush or soft rush, is a perennial herbaceous flowering plant species in the family Juncaceae. In North America, the common name soft rush also refers to Juncus interior.

Distribution

This community can be found in England.

Subcommunities

There are two subcommunities: a, Juncus acutiflorus and b, Juncus effusus.

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