List of rare species in the British National Vegetation Classification

The following is a list of vascular plants, bryophytes and lichens which were regarded as rare species by the authors of British Plant Communities, together with the communities in which they occur.

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008)

Vascular plants

Man orchid (Aceras anthropophorum) CG2, CG3, CG5
Baneberry (Actaea spicata) W9
Bristle bent (Agrostis curtisii) H2, H3, H4, H5, H6
Ground-pine (Ajuga chamaepitys) CG2, OV15
The lady's-mantle Alchemilla filicaulis ssp. filicaulis CG10
The lady's-mantle Alchemilla acutiloba MG3
The lady's-mantle Alchemilla glomerulans MG3
The lady's-mantle Alchemilla monticola MG3
The lady's-mantle Alchemilla subcrenata MG3
The lady's-mantle Alchemilla wichurae MG3, CG10
Babington's leek (Allium ampeloprasum var. babingtonii) OV6
Chives (Allium schoenoprasum) H6, H7, MC5
Three-cornered garlic (Allium triquetrum) OV24
Bog-rosemary (Andromeda polifolia) M2
Annual vernal-grass (Anthoxanthum aristatum) OV1
Loose silky-bent (Apera spica-venti) OV5
Bristol rock-cress (Arabis stricta) CG1
Field wormwood (Artemisia campestris) CG7
Goldilocks aster (Aster linosyris) CG1
Purple milk-vetch (Astragalus danicus) H7, CG2, CG3, CG4, CG5, CG7, SD11, SD12, MC10, MC5
Wild cabbage (Brassica oleracea) OV41, MC4, MC5
Lesser quaking-grass (Briza minor) OV1, OV2, OV6
Lesser hairy brome (Bromus benekenii) W9
Great pignut (Bunium bulbocastanum) CG2
Small hare's-ear (Bupleurum baldense) CG1
European box (Buxus sempervirens) W13
Narrow small-reed (Calamagrostis stricta) S1
Narrow-leaved bittercress (Cardamine impatiens) W8
Fibrous tussock-sedge (Carex appropinquata) W3
Hair sedge (Carex capillaris) CG10
String sedge (Carex chordorrhiza) M4
Lesser tussock-sedge (Carex diandra) W3
Elongated sedge (Carex elongata) W2
Rare spring-sedge (Carex ericetorum) CG2, CG5, CG7
Dwarf sedge (Carex humilis) CG1, CG2, CG3
Tall bog-sedge (Carex magellanica) M2
Soft-leaved sedge (Carex montana) H4, CG2, CG10
Rock sedge (Carex rupestris) CG10
Common centaury (Centaurium erythraea var. capitatum) MC5
Dwarf mouse-ear (Cerastium pumilum) CG1, CG2
Tuberous thistle (Cirsium tuberosum) MG5, CG2
Coralroot orchid (Corallorrhiza trifida) W3
Grey hair-grass (Corynephorus canescens) SD11
Sea-kale (Crambe maritima) SD1
Northern hawk's-beard (Crepis mollis) W9
Mezereon (Daphne mezereum) W8
Yellow whitlowgrass (Draba aizoides) CG1, OV41
Hoary whitlowgrass (Draba incana) CG10
Crested buckler-fern (Dryopteris cristata) W2
The fern Dryopteris × uliginosa, the hybrid of crested buckler-fern and narrow buckler-fern (D. carthusiana) W2
Dorset heath (Erica ciliaris) H3, H4
Cornish heath (Erica vagans) H4, H5, H6, H7
Musk stork's-bill (Erodium moschatum) OV14
Portland spurge (Euphorbia portlandica) H7, CG1
The eyebright Euphrasia pseudokerneri CG2
Wood fescue (Festuca altissima) W8
Snake's-head fritillary (Fritillaria meleagris) MG4
Tall ramping-fumitory (Fumaria bastardii) OV6, OV11, OV13
Yellow star-of-Bethlehem (Gagea lutea) W9
Wall bedstraw (Galium parisiense) CG7
Slender bedstraw (Galium pumilum) CG2, CG5
Limestone bedstraw (Galium sterneri) CG2, CG10
Early gentian (Gentianella anglica) CG1, CG2
Chiltern gentian (Gentianella germanica) CG2
Hairy greenweed (Genista pilosa)) H2, H7, MC5
Bog orchid (Hammarbya paludosa) M1
White rock-rose (Helianthemum apenninum) CG1
Hoary rock-rose (Helianthemum canum) CG1
The hybrid between white and hoary rock-roses Helianthemum × sulfureum CG1
Musk orchid (Herminium monorchis) CG2, CG4, CG5
Fringed rupturewort (Herniaria ciliolata) H7, MC5
Lizard orchid (Himantoglossum hircinum) CG7
Hutchinsia (Hornungia petraea) CG7, OV39
Spotted cat's-ear (Hypochoeris maculata) CG1, CG2, CG3
Wild candytuft (Iberis amara) CG2
Land quillwort (Isoetes histrix) H7
Dwarf rush (Juncus capitatus) H6
Somerset hair-grass (Koeleria vallesiana) CG1
Rock sea-lavender (Limonium recurvum) MC1
Perennial flax (Linum perenne subsp. anglicum) CG2, CG3
Hairy bird's-foot trefoil (Lotus hispidus) MC5
Tufted loosestrife (Lysimachia thyrsiflora) W1, W3, M4

Bur medick (Medicago minima) CG7
Sickle medick (Medicago falcata) CG7
Toothed medick (Medicago polymorpha) OV14
Sand lucerne (Medicago sativa ssp. varia) CG7
Oysterplant (Mertensia maritima) SD3
Early sand-grass (Mibora minima) SD19, MC5
Fine-leaved sandwort (Minuartia hybrida) CG7
Spring sandwort (Minuartia verna) H7, CG10, MC5
Alpine forget-me-not (Myosotis alpestris) CG10
Dwarf cudweed (Omalotheca supina) CG10
Small restharrow (Ononis reclinata) MC5
Late spider-orchid (Ophrys fuciflora) CG2
Early spider-orchid (Ophrys sphegodes) CG2, MC4
Monkey orchid (Orchis simia) CG2
Burnt orchid (Orchis ustulata) CG2
Orange bird's-foot (Ornithopus pinnatus) MC5
Oxtongue broomrape (Orobanche picridis) CG2
Purple oxytropis (Oxytropus halleri) MC10
Curved hard-grass (Parapholis incurva) MC1
Milk-parsley (Peucedanum palustre) W2
Purple-stem cat's-tail (Phleum phleoides) CG7
Round-headed rampion (Phyteuma tenerum) CG2, CG3, CG5
Bulbous meadow-grass (Poa bulbosa) MC5
Early meadow-grass (Poa infirma) MC5
Jacob's-ladder (Polemonium caeruleum) MG2
Four-leaved allseed (Polycarpon tetraphyllum) MC5
Dwarf milkwort (Polygala amara) CG2
Chalk milkwort (Polygala calcarea) CG2, CG3, CG5
Whorled Solomon's-seal (Polygonatum verticillatum) W9
Ray's knotgrass (Polygonum oxyspermum ssp. raii) SD2, SD3
Holly fern (Polystichum lonchitis) OV40
Spring cinquefoil (Potentilla neumanniana) CG1, CG7
Oxlip (Primula elatior) W8
Primula × digenea, the hybrid between oxlip and primrose (P. vulgaris) W8
Scottish primrose (Primula scotica) H7, MC10
Pasqueflower (Pulsatilla vulgaris) CG2, CG3, CG5
Round-leaved wintergreen (Pyrola rotundifolia) W2, W3
Brown beak-sedge (Rhynchospora fusca) M1
Mountain currant (Ribes alpinum) W8
Sand crocus (Romulea columnae) MC5
Alpine pearlwort (Sagina saginoides) CG10
Dwarf willow (Salix herbacea) CG10
Dark-leaved willow (Salix myrsinifolia) W3
Meadow clary (Salvia pratensis) CG2
Perennial glasswort (Sarcocornia perennis) SM10
Shepherd's-needle (Scandix pecten-veneris) OV15
Rannoch-rush (Scheuchzeria palustris) M1
Autumn squill (Scilla autumnalis) H7, CG1, MC5
Spring squill (Scilla verna) H5, H6, H7, MC10, CG1, MC5, MC12
Rock stonecrop (Sedum forsterianum) CG1
Silver ragwort (Senecio cineraria) CG1
Field fleawort (Senecio integrifolius ssp. integrifolius) CG2, CG3, MC5
Moon carrot (Seseli libanotis) CG2
Sibbaldia (Sibbaldia procumbens) CG10
Sand catchfly (Silene conica) CG7
Small-flowered catchfly (Silene gallica) OV2, OV6
Night-flowering catchfly (Silene noctiflora) OV16
Nottingham catchfly (Silene nutans) MG1, CG2, OV41, OV39, MC4
Spanish catchfly (Silene otites) CG7
London-rocket (Sisymbrium irio) OV14
Autumn ladies'-tresses (Spiranthes spiralis) CG2, H7
The dandelion Taraxacum fulgidum MG4
The dandelion Taraxacum haematicum MG4
The dandelion Taraxacum melanthoides MG4
The dandelion Taraxacum sublaeticolor MG4
The dandelion Taraxacum subundulatum MG4
The dandelion Taraxacum tamesense MG4
Cut-leaved germander (Teucrium botrys) CG2
Marsh fern (Thelypteris palustris) W2
Bastard toadflax (Thesium humifusum) CG2, CG3, CG5
Breckland thyme (Thymus serpyllum) CG7
Large thyme (Thymus pulegioides) CG2, CG3, CG5
Large-leaved lime (Tilia platyphyllos) W8
Scottish asphodel (Tofieldia pusilla) CG10
Twin-headed clover (Trifolium bocconei) H6, H7
Western clover (Trifolium occidentale) H7, MC10, MC5
Suffocated clover (Trifolium suffocatum) MC5, OV2
Intermediate bladderwort (Utricularia intermedia) M1
Spiked speedwell (Veronica spicata) CG1, CG2, CG7
Fingered speedwell (Veronica triphyllos) OV3
Spring speedwell (Veronica verna) CG7
Pale dog-violet (Viola lactea) H3
Dune fescue (Vulpia membranacea) SD19
Alpine woodsia (Woodsia alpina) OV40

Bryophytes

Mosses

Side-fruited crisp-moss Pleurochaete squarrosa CG7
Curving feather-moss Scorpiurium circinatum CG1
Golden bog-moss Sphagnum pulchrum M1, M2
Neat crisp-moss Tortella nitida CG1

Liverworts

Greater pawwort Barbilophozia lycopodioides U6

Lichens

Bacidia muscorum CG7
Buellia epigaea CG7
Diploschistes scruposus var. bryophilus CG7
Fulgensia fulgens CG7
Lecidea decipiens CG7
Squamaria lentigera CG7
Toximia caerulea var. nigricans CG7
Toximia lobulata CG7

The British National Vegetation Classification

Volume 1

Woodlands and scrub	W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18 W19 W20 W21 W22 W23 W24 W25

Volume 2

Mires	M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 M6 M7 M8 M9 M10 M11 M12 M13 M14 M15 M16 M17 M18 M19 M20 M21 M22 M23 M24 M25 M26 M27 M28 M29 M30 M31 M32 M33 M34 M35 M36 M37 M38
Heaths	H1 H2 H3 H4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14 H15 H16 H17 H18 H19 H20 H21 H22

Volume 3

Mesotrophic grasslands	MG1 MG2 MG3 MG4 MG5 MG6 MG7 MG8 MG9 MG10 MG11 MG12 MG13
Calcicolous grasslands	CG1 CG2 CG3 CG4 CG5 CG6 CG7 CG8 CG9 CG10 CG11 CG12 CG13 CG14
Calcifugous grasslands and montane communities	U1 U2 U3 U4 U5 U6 U7 U8 U9 U10 U11 U12 U13 U14 U15 U16 U17 U18 U19 U20 U21

Volume 4

Aquatic communities	A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 A8 A9 A10 A11 A12 A13 A14 A15 A16 A17 A18 A19 A20 A21 A22 A23 A24
Swamps and tall-herb fens	S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7 S8 S9 S10 S11 S12 S13 S14 S15 S16 S17 S18 S19 S20 S21 S22 S23 S24 S25 S26 S27 S28

Volume 5

Salt-marshes	SM1 SM2 SM3 SM4 SM5 SM6 SM7 SM8 SM9 SM10 SM11 SM12 SM13 SM14 SM15 SM16 SM17 SM18 SM19 SM20 SM21 SM22 SM23 SM24 SM25 SM26 SM27 SM28
Shingle, strandline and sand-dunes	SD1 SD2 SD3 SD4 SD5 SD6 SD7 SD8 SD9 SD10 SD11 SD12 SD13 SD14 SD15 SD16 SD17 SD18 SD19
Maritime cliff communities	MC1 MC2 MC3 MC4 MC5 MC6 MC7 MC8 MC9 MC10 MC11 MC12
Vegetation of open habitats	OV1 OV2 OV3 OV4 OV5 OV6 OV7 OV8 OV9 OV10 OV11 OV12 OV13 OV14 OV15 OV16 OV17 OV18 OV19 OV20 OV21 OV22 OV23 OV24 OV25 OV26 OV27 OV28 OV29 OV30 OV31 OV32 OV33 OV34 OV35 OV36 OV37 OV38 OV39 OV40 OV41 OV42

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