List of Plant Communities in The British National Vegetation Classification - Mesotrophic Grasslands

Mesotrophic Grasslands

The following 13 communities are described in Volume 3 of British Plant Communities. For an article summarising these communities see Mesotrophic grasslands in the British National Vegetation Classification system.

• MG1 Arrhenatherum elatius grassland Arrhenatheretum elatioris Br.-Bl. 1919

• MG2 Arrhenatherum elatius - Filipendula ulmaria tall-herb grassland Filipendulo-Arrhenatheretum elatioris Shimwell 1968a

• MG3 Anthoxanthum odoratum - Geranium sylvaticum grassland

• MG4 Alopecurus pratensis - Sanguisorba officinalis grassland

• MG5 Cynosurus cristatus - Centaurea nigra grassland Centaureo-Cynosuretum cristati Br.-Bl. & Tx 1952

• MG6 Lolium perenne - Cynosurus cristatus grassland Lolio-Cynosuretum cristati (Br.-Bl. & De Leeuw 1936) R. Tx 1937

• MG7 Lolium perenne leys and related grasslands Lolio-Plantaginion Sissingh 1969 p.p.

• MG8 Cynosurus cristatus - Caltha palustris grassland

• MG9 Holcus lanatus - Deschampsia cespitosa grassland

• MG10 Holcus lanatus - Juncus effusus rush-pasture Holco-Juncetum effusi Page 1980

• MG11 Festuca rubra - Agrostis stolonifera - Potentilla anserina grassland

• MG12 Festuca arundinacea grassland Potentillo-Festucetum arundinaceae Nordhagen 1940

• MG13 Agrostis stolonifera - Alopecurus geniculatus grassland