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British NVC community SD3

UK plant community type

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionDec 6, 2021
Entity authorityQ4970488 ↗
Source-derived summary

NVC community SD3 (Matricaria maritima - Galium aparine strandline community) is one of two strandline community in the British National Vegetation Classification system.

It is a fairly localised community of northern Britain. There are no subcommunities.

Community composition

Two constant species, Cleavers (Galium aparine) and Sea Mayweed (Matricaria maritima), are found in this community.

Two rare species, Oysterplant (Mertensia maritima) and Ray's Knotgrass (Polygonum oxyspermum ssp. raii), are also associated with the community.

Distribution

This community is found in many localities in Scotland, principally on the west coast, and on the northwest coast of England.

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This entry incorporates text from “British NVC community SD3” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.