Ranunculetum fluitantis is one of the 24 Aquatic

plant communities A plant community is a collection or association of plant species within a designated geographical unit, which forms a relatively uniform patch, distinguishable from neighboring patches of different vegetation types. The components of each plant ...

(A18) included in 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 pr ...

(NVC). The

vegetation type Vegetation classification is the process of classifying and mapping the vegetation over an area of the earth's surface. Vegetation classification is often performed by state based agencies as part of land use, resource management, resource and envi ...

or community comprises stands of submerged vegetation dominated by clumps of

River water crowfoot ''Ranunculus fluitans'' (the river water-crowfoot,) is a species of buttercup. It is a perennial water plant, which when in favourable conditions (such as fast flowing water,) can grow up to 6 m (20 ft) height.J. S. Rodwell; ''British P ...

. Few other plants are found with any frequency among the denser stands but there can be ''

Myriophyllum ''Myriophyllum'' (water milfoil) is a genus of about 69 species of freshwater aquatic plants, with a cosmopolitan distribution. The center of diversity for ''Myriophyllum'' is Australia with 43 recognized species (37 endemic). These submersed aq ...

''; ''

Potamogeton perfoliatus ''Potamogeton perfoliatus'' (claspingleaf pondweed, perfoliate pondweed, redhead grass) is a perennial aquatic plant in the family Potamogetonaceae occurring in both standing and flowing freshwater habitats. It is widely distributed globally, o ...

'' and patches of moss on submerged stones. J. S. Rodwell; ''British Plant Communities: Woodlands and Scrub'' Cambridge University Press, 1990

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British National Vegetation Classification aquatic communities {{NVC-A