Overview
NVC community CG5 (Bromus erectus - Brachypodium pinnatum grassland) is one of the calcicolous grassland communities in the British National Vegetation Classification system. It is one of four communities of rank, tussocky grassland associated with low levels of grazing, within the lowland calcicolous grassland group.
It is a comparatively widely distributed community. There are two subcommunities.
Community composition
The following constant species are found in this community:
Tor Grass (Brachypodium pinnatum)
Quaking Grass (Briza media)
Upright Brome (Bromus erectus)
Glaucous Sedge (Carex flacca)
Dwarf Thistle (Cirsium acaule)
Sheep's Fescue (Festuca ovina)
Common Rock-rose (Helianthemum nummularium)
Mouse-ear Hawkweed (Hieracium pilosella)
Rough Hawkbit (Leontodon hispidus)
Bird's-foot Trefoil (Lotus corniculatus)
Salad Burnet (Sanguisorba minor)
Wild Thyme (Thymus praecox)
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