British NVC community OV19

This ephemeral community is widely distributed throughout the lowlands of Britain. Characteristic habitats are on farm tracks, around gateways where trampling is only moderate, and on verges alongside roads, wherever disturbance and spray-wash from vehicles prevents the development of a closed perennial sward.

There are five subcommunities:

• the Senecio squalidus - Epilobium angustifolium subcommunity
• the Lolium perenne - Capsella bursa-pastoris subcommunity
• the Atriplex prostrata - Chenopodium album subcommunity
• the Chamomilla suaveolens - Plantago major subcommunity
• the Elymus repens subcommunity

• Rodwell, John S, ed. (March 2000). Maritime communities and vegetation of open habitats. British Plant Communities. Vol. 5. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-39167-2.