British NVC community M20


NVC community M20 is one of the mire communities in the British National Vegetation Classification system.
It is a comparatively localised community. There are two subcommunities.

Community composition

Two constant species, Common Cottongrass and Hare's-tail Cottongrass, are found in this community.
No rare species are associated with the community.

Distribution

This community is found throughout northern England. It is extensive in the southern Pennines, but more local elsewhere. It is also found locally in eastern Scotland and south Wales. It is mainly found within tracts of upland blanket bog, but also locally on raised bogs.

Subcommunities

There are two subcommunities:
  • the so-called Species-poor subcommunity'
  • the Calluna vulgaris - Cladonia'' spp. subcommunity'''