British NVC community OV7
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British NVC community OV7 (Veronica persica - Veronica polita community) is one of the open habitat
communities in the British National Vegetation Classification
system. It is one of eight arable weed and wasteland communities of fertile loams and clays.
It is a widespread community.
There are no subcommunities.
There are no rare species associated with the community.
This community is essentially the same as the Veronico - Lamietum hybridi assemblage of Kruseman & Vlieger 1939, though Lamium hybridum is not always present in the British community.
Vegetation of open habitats in the British National Vegetation Classification system
This article gives an overview of the plant communities formed by vegetation of open habitats in the British National Vegetation Classification system.-Introduction:...
communities in the British National Vegetation Classification
British National Vegetation Classification
The British National Vegetation Classification or NVC is a system of classifying natural habitat types in Great Britain according to the vegetation they contain....
system. It is one of eight arable weed and wasteland communities of fertile loams and clays.
It is a widespread community.
There are no subcommunities.
Community composition
The following constant species are found in this community:- Black-bindweed (Fallopia convolvulus)
- Fat-hen (Chenopodium albumChenopodium albumChenopodium album is a fast-growing weedy annual plant in the genus Chenopodium.Though cultivated in some regions, the plant is elsewhere considered a weed...
) - Scentless mayweed (Matricaria perforata)
- Knotgrass (Polygonum avicularePolygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare or Common Knotgrass is a plant related to buckwheat and dock. It is also called birdweed, pigweed and lowgrass. It is an annual found in fields and wasteland, with white flowers from June to October....
) - Common chickweed (Stellaria media)
- Common field-speedwell (Veronica persicaVeronica persicaVeronica persica is a flowering plant native of Eurasia. First recorded in Britain in 1825 and now widespread in the United States, and east Asia .-General description:The seed leaves are broadly triangular cotyledons, with truncated base...
) - Grey field-speedwell (Veronica politaVeronica politaVeronica polita or Grey Field-speedwell is a plant species of the genus Veronica....
)
There are no rare species associated with the community.
Distribution
This is a weed community that is associated with annual arable crops on light, well-drained, fertile soils, typically occurring patchily within and at the edges of such crops. It occurs widely in southern and eastern Britain and locally in coastal arable fields elsewhere.This community is essentially the same as the Veronico - Lamietum hybridi assemblage of Kruseman & Vlieger 1939, though Lamium hybridum is not always present in the British community.