British NVC community SD11

NVC community SD11 is one of the 16 sand-dune communities in the British National Vegetation Classification system.
It is one of four communities associated with fixed dunes.
It is a comparatively localised community. There are two subcommunities.

Community composition

The following constant species are found in this community:

Sand sedge
the lichen Cornicularia aculeata

The following rare species are also associated with the community:

Distribution

This community is found on the east coast, mostly on the sand-dunes of Norfolk and Suffolk, but also in Aberdeenshire and on the south coast of Kent. It is also found inland, in The Brecks on the Norfolk/Suffolk border.

Subcommunities

There are two subcommunities:

the Ammophila arenaria subcommunity'
the Festuca ovina'' subcommunity'''