Mires in the British National Vegetation Classification system


This article gives an overview of the mire plant communities in the British National Vegetation Classification system.

Introduction

The mire communities of the NVC were described in Volume 2 of British Plant Communities, first published in 1991, along with the heath communities.
In total, 38 mire communities have been identified.
The mire communities consist of a number of separate subgroups.
  • five bog plane communities
  • two wet heath communities
  • four bog-pool communities
  • four base-poor small sedge & rush communities
  • six base-poor small sedge & Schoenus communities
  • seven fen-meadow / rush-pasture communities
  • two soakaway communities
  • eight communities of springs and rills

List of mire communities

The following is a list of the communities that make up this category: