Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- Preamble
- Salt-marsh communities
- COMMUNITY DESCRIPTIONS
- Shingle, strandline and sand-dune communities
- COMMUNITY DESCRIPTIONS
- Maritime cliff communities
- COMMUNITY DESCRIPTIONS
- Vegetation of open habitats
- COMMUNITY DESCRIPTIONS
- OV1: Viola arvensis-Aphanes microcarpa community
- OV2: Briza minor-Silene gallica community
- OV3: Papaver rhoeas-Viola arvensis community: Papaveretum argemones (Libbert 1933) Kruseman & Vlieger 1939
- OV4: Chrysanthemum segetum-Spergula arvensis community: Spergulo-Chrysanthemetum segetum (Br.-Bl. & De Leeuw 1936) R. Tx. 1937
- OV5: Digitaria ischaemum-Erodium cicutarium community
- OV6: Cerastium glomeratum-Fumaria muralis ssp. boraei community
- OV7: Veronica persica-Veronica polita community: Veronico-Lamietum hybridi Kruseman & Vlieger 1939
- OV8: Veronica persica-Alopecurus myosuroides community: Alopecuro-Chamomilletum recutitae Wasscher 1941
- OV9: Matricaria perforata-Stellaria media community
- OV10: Poa annua-Senecio vulgaris community
- OV11: Poa annua-Stachys arvensis community
- OV12: Poa annua-Myosotis arvensis community
- OV13: Stellaria media-Capsella bursa-pastoris community
- OV14: Urtica urens-Lamium amplexicaule community
- OV15: Anagallis arvensis-Veronica persica community: Kickxietum spuriae Kruseman & Vlieger 1939
- OV16: Papaver rhoeas-Silene noctiflora community: Papaveri-Sileneetum noctiflori Wasscher 1941
- OV17: Reseda lutea-Polygonum aviculare community: Descurainio-Anchusetum arvensis Silverside 1977
- OV18: Polygonum aviculare-Chamomilla suaveolens community
- OV19: Poa annua-Matricaria perforata community
- OV20: Poa annua-Sagina procumbens community: Sagino-Bryetum argentii Diemont, Sissingh & Westhoff 1940
- OV21: Poa annua-Plantago major community
- OV22: Poa annua-Taraxacum officinale community
- OV23: Lolium perenne-Dactylis glomerata community
- OV24: Urtica dioica-Galium aparine community
- OV25: Urtica dioica-Cirsium arvense community
- OV26: Epilobium hirsutum community
- OV27: Epilobium angustifolium community
- OV28: Agrostis stolonifera-Ranunculus repens community: Agrostio-Ranunculetum repentis Oberdorfer et al. 1967
- OV29: Alopecurus geniculatus-Rorippa palustris community: Ranunculo-Alopecuretum geniculati R.Tx. (1937) 1950
- OV30: Bidens tripartita-Polygonum amphibium community: Polygono-Bidentetum tripartitae Lohmeyer in R.Tx. 1950
- OV31: Rorippa palustris-Filaginella uliginosa community
- OV32: Myosotis scorpioides-Ranunculus sceleratus community: Ranunculetum scelerati R.Tx. 1950 ex Passarge 1959
- OV33: Polygonum lapathifolium-Poa annua community
- OV34: Allium schoenoprasum-Plantago maritima community
- OV35: Lythrum portula-Ranunculus flammula community
- OV36: Lythrum hyssopifolia-Juncus bufonius community
- OV37: Festuca ovina-Minuartia verna community: Minuartio-Thlaspietum alpestris Koch 1932
- OV38: Gymnocarpium robertianum-Arrhenatherum elatius community: Gymnocarpietum robertianae (Kuhn 1937) R.Tx. 1937
- OV39: Asplenium trichomanes-Asplenium ruta-muraria community: Asplenietum trichomano-rutae-murariae R.Tx. 1937
- OV40: Asplenium viride-Cystopteris fragilis community: Asplenio viridis-Cystopteridetum fragilis (Kuhn 1939) Oberdorfer 1949
- OV41: Parietaria diffusa community: Parietarietum judaicae (Arènes 1928) Oberdorfer 1977
- OV42: Cymbalaria muralis community: Cymbalarietum muralis Görs 1966
- INDEX OF SYNONYMS TO MARITIME COMMUNITIES AND VEGETATION OF OPEN HABITATS
- INDEX OF SPECIES IN MARITIME COMMUNITIES AND VEGETATION OF OPEN HABITATS
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- PHYTOSOCIOLOGICAL CONSPECTUS OF BRITISH PLANT COMMUNITIES
OV16: Papaver rhoeas-Silene noctiflora community: Papaveri-Sileneetum noctiflori Wasscher 1941
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 September 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- Preamble
- Salt-marsh communities
- COMMUNITY DESCRIPTIONS
- Shingle, strandline and sand-dune communities
- COMMUNITY DESCRIPTIONS
- Maritime cliff communities
- COMMUNITY DESCRIPTIONS
- Vegetation of open habitats
- COMMUNITY DESCRIPTIONS
- OV1: Viola arvensis-Aphanes microcarpa community
- OV2: Briza minor-Silene gallica community
- OV3: Papaver rhoeas-Viola arvensis community: Papaveretum argemones (Libbert 1933) Kruseman & Vlieger 1939
- OV4: Chrysanthemum segetum-Spergula arvensis community: Spergulo-Chrysanthemetum segetum (Br.-Bl. & De Leeuw 1936) R. Tx. 1937
- OV5: Digitaria ischaemum-Erodium cicutarium community
- OV6: Cerastium glomeratum-Fumaria muralis ssp. boraei community
- OV7: Veronica persica-Veronica polita community: Veronico-Lamietum hybridi Kruseman & Vlieger 1939
- OV8: Veronica persica-Alopecurus myosuroides community: Alopecuro-Chamomilletum recutitae Wasscher 1941
- OV9: Matricaria perforata-Stellaria media community
- OV10: Poa annua-Senecio vulgaris community
- OV11: Poa annua-Stachys arvensis community
- OV12: Poa annua-Myosotis arvensis community
- OV13: Stellaria media-Capsella bursa-pastoris community
- OV14: Urtica urens-Lamium amplexicaule community
- OV15: Anagallis arvensis-Veronica persica community: Kickxietum spuriae Kruseman & Vlieger 1939
- OV16: Papaver rhoeas-Silene noctiflora community: Papaveri-Sileneetum noctiflori Wasscher 1941
- OV17: Reseda lutea-Polygonum aviculare community: Descurainio-Anchusetum arvensis Silverside 1977
- OV18: Polygonum aviculare-Chamomilla suaveolens community
- OV19: Poa annua-Matricaria perforata community
- OV20: Poa annua-Sagina procumbens community: Sagino-Bryetum argentii Diemont, Sissingh & Westhoff 1940
- OV21: Poa annua-Plantago major community
- OV22: Poa annua-Taraxacum officinale community
- OV23: Lolium perenne-Dactylis glomerata community
- OV24: Urtica dioica-Galium aparine community
- OV25: Urtica dioica-Cirsium arvense community
- OV26: Epilobium hirsutum community
- OV27: Epilobium angustifolium community
- OV28: Agrostis stolonifera-Ranunculus repens community: Agrostio-Ranunculetum repentis Oberdorfer et al. 1967
- OV29: Alopecurus geniculatus-Rorippa palustris community: Ranunculo-Alopecuretum geniculati R.Tx. (1937) 1950
- OV30: Bidens tripartita-Polygonum amphibium community: Polygono-Bidentetum tripartitae Lohmeyer in R.Tx. 1950
- OV31: Rorippa palustris-Filaginella uliginosa community
- OV32: Myosotis scorpioides-Ranunculus sceleratus community: Ranunculetum scelerati R.Tx. 1950 ex Passarge 1959
- OV33: Polygonum lapathifolium-Poa annua community
- OV34: Allium schoenoprasum-Plantago maritima community
- OV35: Lythrum portula-Ranunculus flammula community
- OV36: Lythrum hyssopifolia-Juncus bufonius community
- OV37: Festuca ovina-Minuartia verna community: Minuartio-Thlaspietum alpestris Koch 1932
- OV38: Gymnocarpium robertianum-Arrhenatherum elatius community: Gymnocarpietum robertianae (Kuhn 1937) R.Tx. 1937
- OV39: Asplenium trichomanes-Asplenium ruta-muraria community: Asplenietum trichomano-rutae-murariae R.Tx. 1937
- OV40: Asplenium viride-Cystopteris fragilis community: Asplenio viridis-Cystopteridetum fragilis (Kuhn 1939) Oberdorfer 1949
- OV41: Parietaria diffusa community: Parietarietum judaicae (Arènes 1928) Oberdorfer 1977
- OV42: Cymbalaria muralis community: Cymbalarietum muralis Görs 1966
- INDEX OF SYNONYMS TO MARITIME COMMUNITIES AND VEGETATION OF OPEN HABITATS
- INDEX OF SPECIES IN MARITIME COMMUNITIES AND VEGETATION OF OPEN HABITATS
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- PHYTOSOCIOLOGICAL CONSPECTUS OF BRITISH PLANT COMMUNITIES
Summary
Constant species
Bilderdykia convolvulus, Elymus repens, Matricaria perforata, Papaver rhoeas, Polygonum aviculare, Silene noctiflora, Stellaria media, Veronica persica.
Rare species
Silene noctiflora.
Physiognomy
The Papaveri-Sileneetum is an annual community in which Stellaria media, Matricaria perforata and Polygonum aviculare usually provide the bulk of the herbage, along with small ephemerals like Veronica persica, V. polita, Anagallis arvensis, twines of Bilderdykia convolvulus and young shoots of Elymus repens. The most striking feature, however, is the constancy of Papaver rhoeas and the nationally scarce Silene noctiflora, a plant whose peak of flowering is in mid-summer when the distinctive blooms, their yellow-backed petals inrolled until the cool of the evening, are seen most prolifically among cereal stubble or autumn-harvested crops.
Other frequent plants of this kind of vegetation are Chenopodium album, Agrostis stolonifera and Galium aparine with many occasionals including Fumaria officinalis ssp. wirtgenii, Viola arvensis, Aethusa cynapium and Linaria vulgaris.
Habitat
The Papaveri-Sileneetum is confined to light, well drained calcareous soils, mostly among cereals, across the warmer and drier south-east of England.
The most distinctive plant of this assemblage, S. noctiflora, has a more or less Continental distribution in Europe, rare in both the Mediterranean and Scandinavia, preferring better-drained soils and reproducing poorly in wet years (Stewart et al. 1994). With us, it has a marked south-easterly range, extending from Dorset to the Scottish border, where the climate is more congenial for its survival and where calcareous bedrocks are especially extensive.
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- British Plant Communities , pp. 380 - 381Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2000