British NVC community M2
NVC community M2 is one of the mire communities in the British National Vegetation Classification system.
It is a fairly widely distributed community in northern western Britain, and is also found in Norfolk. There are two subcommunities.
Community composition
The following constant species are found in this community:- Cross-leaved heath
- Common cottongrass
- Round-leaved sundew
- Feathery bog-moss
- Flat-topped / flexuous bog-mosses
Distribution
This community is found in various locations in Wales, southern and northeastern Scotland, and northern England, with an outpost in Norfolk.Subcommunities
There are two subcommunities:- the Rhynchospora alba subcommunity'
- the Sphagnum recurvum'' subcommunity'''