British NVC community SD17
NVC community SD17 is one of the 16 sand-dune communities in the British National Vegetation Classification system.
It is one of five communities associated with dune slacks.
It is a very localised community. There are four subcommunities.
Community composition
The following constant species are found in this community:No rare species are associated with the community.
Distribution
This community is found in two areas - on the east coast, from Spurn Point to northwest Norfolk, and on the dunes of Liverpool Bay.And north Wales.Subcommunities
There are three subcommunities:- the Festuca rubra - Ranunculus repens subcommunity
- the Carex flacca subcommunity
- the Caltha palustris subcommunity'
- the Hydrocotyle vulgaris - Ranunculus flammula'' subcommunity'''