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British NVC Community OV16
British NVC community OV16 (''Papaver rhoeas'' - ''Silene noctiflora'' community) is one of the open habitat communities in the British National Vegetation Classification system. It is one of two arable weed communities of light lime-rich soils. This community is the British equivalent of the Papaveri-Sileneetum noctiflori syntaxon first described by Wasscher (1941) from the Netherlands. It is found in southern and eastern England, from Dorset, London, Wiltshire to Lincolnshire. There are no subcommunities. Community composition The following constant species are found in this community: * Black-bindweed (''Fallopia convolvulus'') * Common couch ('' Elymus repens'') * Scentless mayweed (''Matricaria perforata'') * Common poppy ('' Papaver rhoeas'') * Knotgrass ('' Polygonum aviculare'') * Night-flowering catchfly ('' Silene noctiflora'') * Common chickweed (''Stellaria media'') * Common field-speedwell (''Veronica persica ''Veronica persica'' is a flowering plant in the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vegetation Of Open Habitats In The British National Vegetation Classification System
This article gives an overview of the plant communities formed by vegetation of open habitats in the British National Vegetation Classification system. Introduction The open habitat communities of the NVC were described in Volume 5 of ''British Plant Communities'', first published in 2000, along with the three groups of maritime communities ( shingle, strandline and sand-dune communities, salt-marsh communities and maritime cliff communities). In total, 42 open habitat communities have been identified. The open habitat communities consist of eight distinct subgroups: * six arable weed and trackside communities of light, less-fertile acid soils ( OV1, OV2, OV3, OV4, OV5 and OV6) * eight arable weed and wasteland communities of fertile loams and clays (OV7 OV7, formerly known as La Onda Vaselina, is a Mexican Latin pop group formed in 1989, but it was not until the early 1990s that Onda Vaselina would begin to make their impact. La Onda Vaselina was formed with the membe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matricaria Perforata
''Tripleurospermum inodorum'', common names scentless false mayweed, scentless mayweed, scentless chamomile, wild chamomile, mayweed, false chamomile, and Baldr's brow, is the type species of Tripleurospermum. This plant is native to Eurasia and North Africa, and introduced to North America, where it is commonly found in fields, fallow land and gardens. Historically included the genus Matricaria, ''Tripleurospermum inodorum'' has been the subject of some controversy, with many revisions in recent years. The Flora Europaea uses ''Matricaria perforata'' for this species. Synonyms/other scientific names include ''Tripleurospermum perforatum'' (Mérat) Lainz, ''Tripleurospermum maritimum'' subsp. ''inodorum''. Ecology * Height: 20–80 cm (8–32 in.). Usually 1-stemmed. Stem erect–ascending, branching, glabrous, green. * Flower: Single flower-like, usually 3–5 cm (1.2–2 in.) capitula, surrounded by involucral bracts. Capitula's ray-florets white, tongue-like, tip shallowly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Plant Communities
''British Plant Communities'' is a five-volume work, edited by John S. Rodwell and published by Cambridge University Press, which describes the plant communities which comprise the British National Vegetation Classification. Its coverage includes all native vegetation communities and some artificial ones of Great Britain, excluding Northern Ireland Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. Nort .... The series is a major contribution to plant conservation in Great Britain, and, as such, covers material appropriate for professionals and amateurs interested in the conservation of native plant communities. Each book begins with an introduction to the techniques used to survey the particular vegetations within its scope, discussing sampling, the type of data collected, organizat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veronica Persica
''Veronica persica'' is a flowering plant in the family Plantaginaceae. Common names include birdeye speedwell, common field-speedwell, Persian speedwell, large field speedwell, bird's-eye, or winter speedwell. It is native to Eurasia and is widespread as an introduced species in the British Isles (where it was first recorded in 1825), North America, eastern Asia, including Japan and China, and Australia and New Zealand. Description ''Veronica persica'' is an annual that reproduces from seed. Its cotyledons are triangular with truncated bases. The short-stalked leaves are broadly ovate with coarsely serrated margins, and measure long. The leaves are paired on the lower stem and are alternately arranged on the upper parts. The plant has weak stems that form a dense, prostrate groundcover. The tips of stems often grow upright. The flowers are roughly wideRhoads, A. F. and T. A. Block. ''Plants of Pennsylvania: An Illustrated Manual'', 2nd ed. University of Pennsylvania Press ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stellaria Media
''Stellaria media'', chickweed, is an annual and perennial flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae.Fernald, M. L. 1950. “Gray's Manual of Botany”. Eight Edition. American Book Company, New York, NY. 1632 pp. It is native to Eurasia and naturalized throughout the world. This species is used as a cooling herbal remedy, and grown as a vegetable crop and ground cover for both human and poultry consumption. It is sometimes called common chickweed to distinguish it from other plants called chickweed. Other common names include chickenwort, craches, maruns, and winterweed. The plant germinates in autumn or late winter, then forms large mats of foliage. Description This species is an annual in colder climates, becoming evergreen and perennial in warmer zones, with weak slender stems, up to . Plants are sparsely hairy. ''Stellaria media'' has one line of fine hairs on the stem. The leaves are oval and opposite, the lower ones with stalks. Flowers are white and small with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silene Noctiflora
''Silene noctiflora'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae known by the common names night-flowering catchfly, nightflowering silene and clammy cockle. It is native to Eurasia, but it is known on other continents as an introduced species and sometimes a weed. In North America, it is a common weed of grain crops in the Canadian prairie provinces and in much of the United States.North American Plant Protection Organization It grows in fields and in other disturbed habitat. Description 
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Polygonum Aviculare
''Polygonum aviculare'' or common knotgrass is a plant related to buckwheat and dock. It is also called prostrate knotweed, birdweed, pigweed and lowgrass. It is an annual found in fields and wasteland, with white flowers from June to October. It is widespread across many countries in temperate regions, apparently native to Eurasia, naturalized in temperate parts of the Southern Hemisphere. Description Common knotgrass is an annual herb with a semi-erect stem that may grow from high. The leaves are hairless and short-stalked. They are longish-elliptical with short stalks and rounded bases; the upper ones are few and are linear and stalkless. The stipules are fused into a stem-enclosing, translucent sheath known as an ochrea that is membranous and silvery. The flowers are regular, green with white or pink margins. Each has five perianth segments, overlapping at the base, five to eight stamens and three fused carpels. The fruit is a dark brown, three-edged nut. The seeds need l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Papaver Rhoeas
''Papaver rhoeas'', with common names including common poppy, corn poppy, corn rose, field poppy, Flanders poppy, and red poppy, is an annual herbaceous species of flowering plant in the poppy family Papaveraceae. It is a temperate native with a very wide distribution area, from Africa to temperate and tropical Asia and Europe. It is regarded as an agricultural weed (hence the common names including "corn" and "field"). As the plant thrives in areas of disturbed soil, it was often abundant in agricultural fields before the advent of herbicides. Flushes of poppies may still appear in fields where herbicides are not used, as well as those in fallow. The corn poppy and its cultivars such as the Shirley poppy are widely grown in gardens, and are frequently found in packets of seed labelled "wildflower mixes". Since World War I, it has been used in the Commonwealth as a symbol of remembrance for fallen soldiers. Description ''Papaver rhoeas'' is a variable, erect annual, fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elymus Repens
''Elymus repens'', commonly known as couch grass, is a very common perennial species of grass native to most of Europe, Asia, the Arctic biome, and northwest Africa. It has been brought into other mild northern climates for forage or erosion control, but is often considered a weed. Other names include common couch, twitch, quick grass, quitch grass (also just quitch), dog grass, quackgrass, scutch grass, and witchgrass.Flora of NW Europe''Elytrigia repens''/ref>Flora of China''Elytrigia repens''/ref> Description It has creeping rhizomes which enable it to grow rapidly across grassland. It has flat, hairy leaves with upright flower spikes. The stems ( 'culms') grow to 40–150 cm tall; the leaves are linear, 15–40 cm long and 3–10 mm broad at the base of the plant, with leaves higher on the stems 2–8.5 mm broad. The flower spike is 10–30 cm long, with spikelets 1–2 cm long, 5–7 mm broad and 3 mm thick with three to eight florets ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terminology Used In Connection With The British National Vegetation Classification
__NOTOC__ The British National Vegetation Classification or NVC is a system of classifying natural habitat types in Great Britain according to the vegetation they contain. A large scientific meeting of ecologists, botanists, and other related professionals in the United Kingdom resulted in the publication of a compendium of five books: ''British Plant Communities'', edited by John S. Rodwell, which detail the incidence of plant species in twelve major habitat types in the British natural environment. They are the first systematic and comprehensive account of the vegetation types of the country. They cover all natural, semi-natural and major artificial habitats in Great Britain (not Northern Ireland) and represent fifteen years of research by leading plant ecologists. From the data collated from the books, commercial software products have been developed to help to classify vegetation identified into one of the many habitat types found in Great Britain – these include ''MATCH'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fallopia Convolvulus
''Fallopia convolvulus'', the black-bindweed or wild buckwheat, is a fast-growing annual flowering plant in the family Polygonaceae native throughout Europe, Asia and northern Africa.Flora of NW Europe''Fallopia convolvulus''/ref>Flora of China''Fallopia convolvulus''/ref>Flora of Pakistan''Fallopia convolvulus''/ref>Blamey, M. & Grey-Wilson, C., 1989. ''Flora of Britain and Northern Europe''. . Synonyms include ''Polygonum convolvulus'' L. (basionym), ''Bilderdykia convolvulus'' (L.) Dumort, ''Fagopyrum convolvulus'' (L.) H.Gross, ''Fagopyrum carinatum'' Moench, ''Helxine convolvulus'' (L.) Raf., ''Reynoutria convolvulus'' (L.) Shinners, and ''Tiniaria convolvulus'' (L.) Webb & Moq. Other old folk names include bear-bind, bind-corn, climbing bindweed, climbing buckwheat, corn-bind, corn bindweed, devil's tether, and wild buckwheat. Description Black-bindweed is a herbaceous vine growing to long, with stems that twine clockwise round other plant stems. The alternate triangular ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs.) is a county in the East Midlands of England, with a long coastline on the North Sea to the east. It borders Norfolk to the south-east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south-west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north-west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders Northamptonshire in the south for just , England's shortest county boundary. The county town is Lincoln, where the county council is also based. The ceremonial county of Lincolnshire consists of the non-metropolitan county of Lincolnshire and the area covered by the unitary authorities of North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire. Part of the ceremonial county is in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England, and most is in the East Midlands region. The county is the second-largest of the English ceremonial counties and one that is predominantly agricultural in land use. The county is fourth-larg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
