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
- MC1: Crithmum maritimum-Spergularia rupicola maritime rock-crevice community: Crithmo-Spergularietum rupicolae Géhu 1964
- MC2: Armeria maritima-Ligusticum scoticum maritime rock-crevice community
- MC3: Rhodiola rosea-Armeria maritima maritime cliff-ledge community
- MC4: Brassica oleracea maritime cliff-ledge community
- MC5: Armeria maritima-Cerastium diffusum ssp. diffusum maritime therophyte community
- MC6: Atriplex prostrata-Beta vulgaris ssp. maritima sea-bird cliff community: Atriplici-Betetum maritimae J.-M. & J. Géhu 1969
- MC7: Stellaria media-Rumex acetosa sea-bird cliff community
- MC8: Festuca rubra-Armeria maritima maritime grassland
- MC9: Festuca rubra-Holcus lanatus maritime grassland
- MC10: Festuca rubra-Plantago spp. maritime grassland
- MC11: Festuca rubra-Daucus carota ssp. gummifer maritime grassland
- MC12: Festuca rubra-Hyacinthoides non-scripta maritime bluebell community
- Vegetation of open habitats
- COMMUNITY DESCRIPTIONS
- 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
MC9: Festuca rubra-Holcus lanatus maritime grassland
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
- MC1: Crithmum maritimum-Spergularia rupicola maritime rock-crevice community: Crithmo-Spergularietum rupicolae Géhu 1964
- MC2: Armeria maritima-Ligusticum scoticum maritime rock-crevice community
- MC3: Rhodiola rosea-Armeria maritima maritime cliff-ledge community
- MC4: Brassica oleracea maritime cliff-ledge community
- MC5: Armeria maritima-Cerastium diffusum ssp. diffusum maritime therophyte community
- MC6: Atriplex prostrata-Beta vulgaris ssp. maritima sea-bird cliff community: Atriplici-Betetum maritimae J.-M. & J. Géhu 1969
- MC7: Stellaria media-Rumex acetosa sea-bird cliff community
- MC8: Festuca rubra-Armeria maritima maritime grassland
- MC9: Festuca rubra-Holcus lanatus maritime grassland
- MC10: Festuca rubra-Plantago spp. maritime grassland
- MC11: Festuca rubra-Daucus carota ssp. gummifer maritime grassland
- MC12: Festuca rubra-Hyacinthoides non-scripta maritime bluebell community
- Vegetation of open habitats
- COMMUNITY DESCRIPTIONS
- 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
Holcetum lanati Gillham 1953 p.p., Goodman & Gillham 1954 p.p.; Sileno maritimae-Festucetum pruinosae R. Tx. 1963 p.p., Armerieto maritimae-Daucetum gummiferi Géhu 1964 p.p., includes Festuco-Dactyletum maritimae Malloch 1971.
Constant species
Festuca rubra, Holcus lanatus, Plantago lanceolata, Armeria maritima.
Rare species
Allium schoenoprasum, Astragalus danicus, Oxytropis halleri, Primula scotica, Scilla verna, Senecio integrifolius ssp. maritimus, Trifolium occidentale.
Physiognomy
The Festuca-Holcus maritime grassland generally has a closed fairly low-growing but rather rank and often tussocky sward. It is almost always dominated by grasses of which F. rubra is usually the most prominent, though H. lanatus and, to a lesser extent, Dactylis glomerata, are often abundant. Herbaceous dicotyledons are generally an important component of the vegetation and many of these are non-maritime species. Armeria maritima and Plantago lanceolata are both constant and Plantago maritima, Rumex acetosa and Trifolium repens are frequent throughout. Bryophytes and lichens are rare.
Sub-communities
Plantago maritima sub-community. F. rubra is the usual dominant in the thick sward of this sub-community, though H. lanatus and, less frequently, Agrostis stolonifera and, in the north, Poa subcaerulea, may be abundant in particular stands. Plantago maritima, Trifolium repens and Lotus corniculatus are additional constants here and P. maritima is sometimes so abundant as to be a co-dominant, especially where there is a shorter grazed turf. Scilla verna is frequent, though never abundant, and Astragalus danicus, Primula scotica and Senecio integrifolius ssp. maritimus occur occasionally within their ranges of distribution.
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- British Plant Communities , pp. 293 - 299Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2000