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system. It is a comparatively localised community. There are four subcommunities.

Community composition

The following constant species are found in this community: *

Sheep's Fescue ''Festuca ovina'', sheep's fescue or sheep fescue, is a species of grass. It is sometimes confused with hard fescue (''Festuca trachyphylla''). General description It is a perennial plant sometimes found in acidic ground, and in mountain pastur ...

(''Festuca ovina'') * Heath Rush (''Juncus squarrosus'') *

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''Polytrichum commune'' *

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''Lophocolea bidentata'' sensu lato One rare species is associated with the community, Greater Pawwort, ''Barbilophozia lycopodioides''.

Distribution

This community is found locally in the uplands of

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, northern

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and

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Subcommunities

There are four subcommunities: * the ''Sphagnum spp.'' subcommunity * the ''Carex nigra - Calypogeia trichomanis'' subcommunity * the ''Vaccinium myrtillus'' subcommunity * the ''Agrostis capillaris - Luzula multiflora'' subcommunity

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 ...

(1992) '' British Plant Communities Volume 3 - Grasslands and montane communities'' (hardback), (paperback) {{NVC-U U06