NVC community M23 (''Juncus effusus'/acutiflorus'' - Galium palustre rush-pasture) is one of the mire

communities A community is a Level of analysis, social unit (a group of living things) with commonality such as place (geography), place, Norm (social), norms, religion, values, Convention (norm), customs, or Identity (social science), identity. Communiti ...

in the

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system. It is a community that can be found in the

Purple Moor and Rush pasture Purple is any of a variety of colors with hue between red and blue. In the RGB color model used in computer and television screens, purples are produced by mixing red and blue light. In the RYB color model historically used by painters, pur ...

BAP habitat in England.

Community composition

Constant species are: *

Galium palustre ''Galium palustre'', the common marsh bedstraw or simply marsh-bedstraw, is a herbaceous annual plant of the family Rubiaceae. This plant is widely distributed, native to virtually every country in Europe, plus Morocco, the Azores, Turkey, Turkm ...

(Common Marsh Bedstraw) *

Holcus lanatus ''Holcus lanatus'' is a perennial grass. The specific epithet ' is Latin for 'woolly' which describes the plant's hairy texture. Common names include Yorkshire fog, tufted grass, and meadow soft grass. In North America, where it is an invasive ...

(Yorkshire Fog) * Juncus effusus (Soft Rush) *

Juncus acutiflorus ''Juncus acutiflorus'', also called sharp-flowered rush, is a rush or a grassy plant of the genus ''Juncus''. As the name suggests, the plant has notable sharp-looking flowers, flowering between July and September. Description The plant has leav ...

(Sharp flowered rush) * Lotus pedunculatus (Greater birds foot trefoil)

Distribution

This community can be found in England.

Subcommunities

There are two subcommunities: a, ''Juncus acutiflorus'' and b, ''Juncus effusus.''

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 ...

(1991) '' British Plant Communities Volume 2 - Mires and heaths'' (hardback), (paperback) {{NVC-M M23