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British NVC Community SD2
NVC community SD2 (''Honkenya peploides - Cakile maritima'' strandline community) is one of two strandline community in the British National Vegetation Classification system. It is a fairly widely distributed community. There are no subcommunities. Community composition Two constant species, Sea Rocket (''Cakile maritima'') and Sea Sandwort (''Honkenya peploides''), are found in this community. One rare species, Ray's Knotgrass (''Polygonum oxyspermum'' ssp. ''raii''), is also associated with the community: Distribution This community is found in many localities in Scotland, on the east coast of England, in North Wales, the Isle of Man, and the Isles of Scilly. References * Rodwell, J. S. John S. Rodwell (1946 – present) is an ecologist who was based at the University of Lancaster, noted for his role in the development of the British National Vegetation Classification and as editor of the five volumes of ''British Plant Commu ... (2000) '' British Plant Communities V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shingle, Strandline And Sand-dune Communities In The British National Vegetation Classification System
This article gives an overview of the shingle, strandline and sand-dune communities in the British National Vegetation Classification system. Introduction The shingle, strandline and sand-dune communities of the NVC were described in Volume 5 of ''British Plant Communities'', first published in 2000, along with the other maritime communities (those of saltmarshes and maritime cliffs) and vegetation of open habitats. In total, 19 shingle, strandline and sand-dune communities have been identified. The shingle, strandline and sand-dune communities consist of a single community found on coastal shingle ( SD1), two communities associated with strandlines ( SD2 and SD3), and sixteen sand-dune communities. The sand-dune communities fall into the following four groups: * six foredune and mobile dune communities ( SD4, SD5, SD6, SD7, SD10 and SD19) * four fixed-dune grasslands ( SD8, SD9, SD11 and SD12) * five dune-slack communities ( SD13, SD14, SD15, SD16 and SD17) * o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
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] |
Sea Rocket
''Cakile'' is a genus within the flowering plant family Brassicaceae. Species in this genus are commonly known as searockets, though this name on its own is applied particularly to whatever member of the species is native or most common in the region concerned, the European searocket ''Cakile maritima'' in Europe, and the American searocket ''C. edentula'' in North America. The genus is native to Europe, Asia and North America, but the European searocket has been introduced into North America and has spread widely on both east and west coasts; in many places it is replacing the native ''C. edentula'', and is regarded as an undesirable invasive species. ''Cakile'' species grow as annual plants with an erect or decumbent stem. The common species in Europe and North America grow close to the coast, often in dunes. Their leaves are fleshy. Flowers are typically pale mauve to white, with petals about 1 cm in length. Each fruit has two sections, one that remains attached t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sea Sandwort
''Honckenya peploides'', the sea sandwort (UK) or seaside sandplant (Canada), is the only species in the genus ''Honckenya'' of the plant family Caryophyllaceae. Other common names include sea chickweed, sea pimpernal, sea-beach sandwort, and sea purslane. The scientific name is often spelled "''Honkenya''", and is named after the German botanist Gerhard August Honckeny (or Honkeny). This plant has a circumboreal distribution. The plant is a succulent perennial growing at the edge of the sea. It has small greenish white pentamerous flowers with 10 stamens in the male flowers borne in the leaf axils. The fruit capsule opens in three valves. Description ''Honckenya peploides'' is a small, subdioecious, spreading plant, forming patches on sand and shingle above the high water mark of beaches. The stem is branching and buried in the sand. The leaves grow in opposite pairs and are fleshy with membranous margins, pale yellowish-green and ovate, oblong or lanceolate, usually with point ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polygonum Oxyspermum
''Polygonum oxyspermum'' is a coastal species of flowering plant in the buckwheat family. It is native to Europe, primarily along the shores of the Atlantic, the North Sea, and the Baltic Sea, from France and Ireland to Finland and Russia. It is also naturalized in eastern Canada and in the US State of Maine. Description ''Polygonum oxyspermum'' is green or blue-green. Annual, stems prostrate, generally run along the surface of the ground but sometimes do rise above ground level. They can be as much as long. Leaves are up to long. Flowers are green, white or pink, in axillary clusters. ;Subspecies Three subspecies are widely recognized, although some authors prefer to regard them as distinct species. * ''Polygonum oxyspermum'' subsp. ''oxyspermum'' – northern Europe; naturalized in Nova Scotia * ''Polygonum oxyspermum'' subsp. ''raii'' (Bab.) D.A.Webb & Chater northern Europe; naturalized in Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Québec, Maine, Newfoundland * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Plant Communities (series Of Books)
''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, organizati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
