British NVC community SD18

British NVC community SD18

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.

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.

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.

ubcommunities

There are two subcommunities:
* the "Festuca rubra" subcommunity
* the "Urtica dioica - Arrhenatherum elatius" subcommunity

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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