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
OV36: Lythrum hyssopifolia-Juncus bufonius community
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
Synonymy
Lythrum hyssopifolia stands Preston & Whitehouse 1986.
Constant species
Anagallis arvensis, Juncus bufonius, Lythrum hyssopifolia, Matricaria perforata, Plantago major, Polygonum aviculare, Polygonum persicaria, Bryum klinggraeffii, Pottia starkeana ssp. minutula, Riccia glauca.
Rare species
Lythrum hyssopifolia.
Physiognomy
The Lythrum hyssopifolia-Juncus bufonis community comprises ephemeral vegetation which, by mid-summer, is typically dominated by mixtures of the nationally rare Lythrum hyssopifolia, together with Juncus bufonius, Plantago major (diagnosed as ssp. intermedia by Preston & Whitehouse 1986), Polygonum persicaria and P. aviculare. Also frequent throughout among the vascular associates are Mentha arvensis, Rumex crispus and seedlings of Salix spp. Elymus repens is occasional and, in sites which have been undisturbed by recent ploughing, Polygonum amphibium tends to increase. Bryophytes are an important element in the vegetation with Bryum kling graeffii and Riccia glauca common throughout, the former with modest abundance.
Preston & Whitehouse (1986) noted a consistent, but overlapping, contrast between the stands they sampled but not sufficiently sharp to characterise sub-communities. To one extreme, species such as Anagallis arvensis, Alopecurus myosuroides, Kickxia elatine, K. spuria and more obviously Anthemis cotula and Aethusa cynapium ssp. agrestis, tended to be associated with Pottia starkeana ssp. minutula, Barbula unguiculata, B. argenteum, Dicranella staphylina and D. varia. To the other, Matricaria perforata and Equisetum arvense were found with Physcomitrella patens, Riccia cavernosa, R. subbifurca and Pohlia carnea.
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- British Plant Communities , pp. 443 - 445Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2000