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
OV11: Poa annua-Stachys arvensis 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
Stachys arvensis community Silverside 1977.
Constant species
Anagallis arvensis, Poa annua, Polygonum aviculare, Stachys arvensis.
Rare species
Fumaria bastardii.
Physiognomy
The constancy of Stachys arvensis is the most striking feature of the Poa annua-Stachys community, along with P. annua, Polygonum aviculare and Anagallis arvensis. Also very common throughout the assemblage are Spergula arvensis, Stellaria media, Plantago major, Matricaria perforata, Chamomilla suaveolens, Ranunculus repens, Elymus repens and Agrostis stolonifera. Occasionals include Capsella bursa-pastoris, Bilderdykia convolvulus, Fumaria muralis ssp. boraei, Senecio vulgaris, Taraxacum officinale agg., Trifolium repens, Holcus lanatus and Lolium perenne. The total cover of vascular plants is usually high and some stands have a distinctly grassy appearance. In one sub-community, acrocarpous mosses can be varied and quite abundant.
Sub-communities
Chenopodium album-Euphorbia helioscopa sub-community. Chamomilla suaveolens, Sonchus asper and Veronica persica show somewhat higher frequency than usual here but more striking preferential are Chenopodium album and Euphorbia helioscopa. Knotweeds are quite often prominent with Polygonum lapathifolium, P. nodosum and P. persicaria occasionally joining P. aviculare, and Viola arvensis, Atriplex patula, Sinapis arvensis, Sonchus arvensis, Sherardia arvensis and Agrostis capillaris are all preferential at low frequency. Among nationally-scarce plants, this sub-community occasionally provides a locus for Kickxia elatine and Misopates orontium.
Cerastium fontanum-Bryum rubens sub-community. Polygonum persicaria increases in frequency in his subcommunity but more exclusive preferentials are Cerastium fontanum and a variety of acrocarpous mosses of which Bryum rubens, Pottia truncata and Dicranella staphylina are the most common with B. klinggraeffii and B. violaceum less frequent.
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- British Plant Communities , pp. 365 - 367Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2000