NVC community CG6 is one of the calcicolous grassland

Calcicolous grasslands in the British National Vegetation Classification system

This article gives an overview of the calcicolous grassland communities in the British National Vegetation Classification system.-Introduction:The calcicolous grassland communities of the NVC were described in Volume 3 of British Plant Communities, first published in 1992, along with the...

 communities in the British National Vegetation Classification

British National Vegetation Classification

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

 system. It is one of four communities of rank, tussocky grassland associated with low levels of grazing, within the lowland calcicolous grassland group.

It is a comparatively widely distributed community. There are two subcommunities.

Community composition

The following constant species are found in this community:

• Meadow Oat-grass (Avenula pratensis)
• Downy Oat-grass (Avenula pubescens)
• Red Fescue (Festuca rubra)
• Common Bird's-foot-trefoil (Lotus corniculatus)
• Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale agg.)
• Neat Feather-moss Pseudoscleropodium purum

No rare species are associated with this community.

Subcommunities

There are two subcommunities:

• the Dactylis glomerata - Briza media subcommunity
• the Potentilla reptans - Tragopogon pratensis subcommunity