List of Plant Communities in The British National Vegetation Classification - Calcifugous Grasslands and Montane Communities

Calcifugous Grasslands and Montane Communities

The following 21 communities are described in Volume 3 of British Plant Communities. For an article summarising these communities see Calcifugous grasslands and montane communities in the British National Vegetation Classification system.

• U1 Festuca ovina - Agrostris capillaris - Rumex acetosella grassland

• U2 Deschampsia flexuosa grassland

• U3 Agrostis curtisii grassland

• U4 Festuca ovina - Agrostris capillaris - Galium saxatile grassland

• U5 Nardus stricta - Galium saxatile grassland

• U6 Juncus squarrosus - Festuca ovina grassland

• U7 Nardus stricta - Carex bigelowii grass-heath

• U8 Carex bigelowii - Polytrichum alpinum sedge-heath

• U9 Juncus trifidus - Racomitrium lanuginosum rush-heath

• U10 Carex bigelowii - Racomitrium lanuginosum moss-heath

• U11 Polytrichum sexangulare - Kiaeria starkei snow-bed

• U12 Salix herbacea - Racomitrium heterostichum snow-bed

• U13 Deschampsia cespitosa - Galium saxatile grassland

• U14 Alchemilla alpina - Sibbaldia procumbens dwarf-herb community

• U15 Saxifraga aizoides - Alchemilla glabra banks

• U16 Luzula sylvatica - Vaccinium myrtillus tall-herb community

• U17 Luzula sylvatica - Geum rivale tall-herb community

• U18 Cryptogramma crispa - Athyrium distentifolium snow-bed

• U19 Thelypteris limbosperma - Blechnum spicant community

• U20 Pteridium aquilinum - Galium saxatile community

• U21 Cryptogramma crispa - Deschampsia flexuosa community