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APPENDIX 4: NATIONAL VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION (NVC) OF QUADRATS LOCATED WITHIN ESA LAND.

Numbers are given of randomly-located quadrats (regardless of habitat), those found in Priority Habitats (including randomly-placed quadrats that fell within Priority Habitats) and quadrats falling outwith Priority Habitats.

NVC unit /

NAME

/ All randomly placed quadrats / Quadrats that sampled Priority habitats / Quadrats that sampled non-Priority habitats
Unclassified
- / 7 / 6 / 4
Calcareous grassland
CG1 / Festuca ovina-Carlina vulgaris grassland.
CG2 / Festuca ovina-Avenula pratensis grassland. / 3 / 6 / 2
CG3 / Bromus erectus grassland. / 7 / 8 / 3
CG4 / Brachypodium pinnatum grassland / 2 / 4 / 1
CG5 / Bromus erectus-Brachypodium pinnatum grassland / 3
CG6 / Avenula pubescens grassland. / 2 / 3
CG10 / Festuca ovina-Agrostis capillaris-Thymus praecox grassland.
Heath
H1 / Calluna vulgaris-Festuca ovina heath. / 1 / 1
H2 / Calluna vulgaris-Ulex minor heath. / 4 / 8 / 1
H3 / Ulex minor-Agrostis curtisii heath.
H4 / Ulex gallii-Agrostis curtisii heath. / 12 / 15 / 4
H7 / Calluna vulgaris-Scilla verna heath. / 3
H8 / Calluna vulgaris-Ulex gallii heath. / 4 / 6 / 2
H9 / Calluna vulgaris-Deschampsia flexuosa heath. / 2 / 2 / 1
H10 / Calluna vulgaris-Erica cinerea / 1 / 1 / 1
H12 / Calluna vulgaris-Vaccinium myrtillus heath / 2 / 2 / 1
Mires
M4 / Carex rostrata-Sphagnum recurvum mire / 1
M5 / Carex rostrata-Sphagnum squarrosum mire / 2
M6 / Carex echinata-Sphagnum recurvum/auriculatum mire. / 3 / 7 / 1
M9 / Carex rostrata-Calliergon cuspidatum/giganteum mire / 2
M10 / Carex dioica-Pinguicula vulgaris mire.
M15 / Scirpus cespitosus-Erica tetralix wet heath. / 3 / 5 / 2
M16 / Erica tetralix-Sphagnum compactum wet heath.
M17 / Scirpus cespitosus-Eriophorum vaginatum / 3 / 3 / 2
M19 / Calluna vulgaris-Eriophorum vaginatum blanket mire. / 3 / 1 / 2
M20 / Eriophorum vaginatum blanket and raised mire / 1 / 1
M21 / Narthecium ossifragum-Sphagnum papillosum valley mire. / 4 / 2 / 4
M22 / Juncus subnodulosus-Cirsium palustre fen-meadow. / 2 / 1 / 1
M23 / Juncus effusus/acutiflorus-Galium palustre rush-pasture. / 3 / 3 / 1
M25 / Molinia caerulea-Potentilla erecta mire. / 2 / 4 / 1
M27 / Filipendula ulmaria-Angelica sylvestris mire / 3 / 3
M28 / Iris pseudacorus-Filipendula ulmaria mire.
Maritime cliff
MC8 / Festuca rubra-Armeria maritime maritime grassland / 2 / 2
MC9 / Festuca rubra-Holcus lanatus maritime grassland. / 4 / 2 / 4
MC10 / Festuca rubra- Plantago spp. Maritime grassland / 1 / 1
MC11 / Festuca rubra-Daucus carota maritime grassland.
NVC unit / NAME
Mesotrophic grassland
MG1 / Arrhenatherum elatius coarse grassland. / 2
MG3 / Anthoxanthum odoratum-Geranium sylvaticum meadow. / 1 / 1
MG4 / Alopecurus pratensis-Sanguisorba officinalis flood meadow. / 1 / 1
MG5 / Cynosurus cristatus-Centaurea nigra meadow and pasture. / 6 / 7 / 2
MG6 / Lolium perenne-Cynosurus cristatus pasture. / 154 / 24 / 138
MG7 / Lolium perenne leys and improved grasslands / 55 / 12 / 45
MG8 / Cynosurus cristatus-Caltha palustris flood-pasture. / 2 / 3
MG9 / Holcus lanatus-Deschampsia cespitosa grassland. / 12 / 7 / 8
MG10 / Holcus lanatus-Juncus effusus rush-pasture. / 25 / 16 / 14
MG11 / Festuca rubra-Agrostis stolonifera-Potentilla anserina inundation grassland / 31 / 7 / 26
MG12 / Festuca arundinacea coarse grassland. / 3 / 1 / 2
MG13 / Agrostis stolonifera-Alopecurus geniculatus grassland / 6 / 6 / 1
Ruderal and other vegetation
OV8 / Veronica persica-Alopecurus myosuroides community
OV9 / Stellaria media-Polygonum aviculare community / 3 / 3
OV10 / Poa annua-Senecio vulgaris community / 1 / 1
OV13 / Stellaria media-Capsella bursa-pastoris community
OV15 / Anagallis arvensis-Veronica persica community
OV16 / Papaver rhoeas-Silene noctiflora community / 1
OV18 / Polygonum aviculare-Chamomilla suaveolens community
OV19 / Poa annua-Matricaria maritima community / 3 / 3
OV20 / Poa annua-Sagina procumbens community / 1 / 1
OV21 / Poa annua-Plantago major community / 3 / 3
OV22 / Poa annua-Taraxacum officinale community
OV23 / Lolium perenne-Dactylis glomerata community / 8 / 8
OV24 / Urtica dioica-Galium aparine community
OV25 / Urtica dioica-Cirsium arvense community
OV26 / Epilobium hirsutum community
OV27 / Chamerion angustifolium community
OV28 / Agrostis stolonifera-Ranunculus repens community / 4 / 2 / 3
OV37 / Festuca ovina_Minuartia verna community / 1 / 1
Swamp & tall-herb fen
S4 / Phragmites australis reedbed / 1
S5 / Glyceria maxima swamp
S12 / Typha latifolia reedbed
S26 / Phragmites australis-Urtica dioica fen
Sand-dune
SD6 / Ammophila arenaria mobile dune community. / 2 / 1 / 2
SD7 / Ammophila arenaria-Festuca rubra semi-fixed dune community.
SD8 / Festuca rubra-Galium verum fixed dune community. / 1 / 1
SD10 / Carex arenaria dune community / 2 / 3
SD12 / Carex arenaria-Festuca ovina-Agrostis capillaris dune grassland. / 3 / 1 / 2
SD17 / Potentilla anserina-Carex nigra dune-slack. / 1 / 2
Salt-marsh
SM10 / Transitional low marsh vegetation.
SM14 / Halimione portulacoides saltmarsh.
SM16 / Festuca rubra saltmarsh. / 1 / 2
SM23 / Spergularia marina-Puccinellia distans saltmarsh.
SM24 / Elymus pycanthus salt-marsh
NVC unit / NAME
SM28 / Elymus repens saltmarsh. / 3 / 2 / 1
Calcifugous & upland grassland
U1 / Festuca ovina-Agrostis capillaris-Rumex acetosella grassland. / 2 / 2 / 2
U2 / Deschampsia flexuosa grassland. / 3 / 4 / 1
U3 / Agrostis curtisii grassland / 1
U4 / Festuca ovina-Agrostis capillaris-Galium saxatile grassland. / 13 / 3 / 12
U5 / Nardus stricta-Galium saxatile grassland. / 13 / 5 / 10
U6 / Juncus squarrosus – Festuca ovina grassland / 1
U13 / Deschampsia cespitosa-Galiu saxatile grassland / 1 / 1
U20 / Pteridium aquilinum-Galium saxatile community. / 1 / 1
Woodland & scrub
W6 / Alnus glutinosa-Urtica dioica woodland.
W8 / Fraxinus excelsior-Acer campestre-Mercurialis perennis woodland.
W10 / Quercus robur-Pteridium aquilinum-Rubus fruticosus woodland / 1 / 1
W16 / Quercus spp.-Betula spp.-Descampsia flexuosa woodland / 1
W23 / Ulex europaeus-Rubus fruticosus agg. scrub. / 1 / 1
W24 / Rubus fruticosus agg.-Holcus lanatus underscrub.
W25 / Pteridium aquilinum-Rubus fruticosus agg. underscrub. / 1 / 1
TOTAL PLOTS / 449 / 228 / 335