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
OV21: Poa annua-Plantago major 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
Constant species
Chamomilla suaveolens, Plantago major, Poa annua.
Physiognomy
The Poa annua-Plantago major community comprises open swards in which rosettes of Plantago major and scattered plants of Poa annua and Chamomilla suaveolens are the only consistent feature. In contrast to the Polygonum-Chamomilla community, P. aviculare and Lolium perenne are of very variable frequency in the different sub-communities and Capsella bursa-pastoris is never more than occasional. The scarcity of Matricaria perforata and Elymus repens provide a distinction from the Poa-Matricaria community. Agrostis stolonifera and Taraxacum officinale agg. are occasional through the community and there are scarce records for Rumex crispus, R. obtusifolius, Bellis perennis, Filaginella uliginosa, Medicago lupulina, Alopecurus geniculatus, Anagalllis arvensis and Senecio vulgaris.
Sub-communities
Typical sub-community. Few species other than the three community constants occur with any frequency here but occasionally there is some Lolium perenne, Polygonum aviculare, Agrostis stolonifera and Taraxacum officinale. More distinctive is the presence in some samples of Sagina procumbens and Bryum argenteum.
Lolium perenne sub-community. L. perenne is a constant associate here with occasional Capsella bursa-pastoris, Polygonum arenastrum, Trifolium repens, Ranunculus repens, Agrostis stolonifera and Taraxacum officinale agg.
Polygonum aviculare-Ranunculus repens sub-community. L. perenne remains quite frequent here, along with Trifolium repens but more distinctive is the common occurrence of P. aviculare, R. repens, A. stolonifera and T officinale agg. with occasional Potentilla anserina, Matricaria maritima, Cerastium fontanum, Stellaria media, Polygonum persicaria, P. lapathifolium, P. hydropiper, Holcus lanatus and Dactylis glomerata.
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- British Plant Communities , pp. 395 - 397Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2000