British NVC community OV37

This community is restricted to areas where soils are affected by the presence of heavy metals, particularly zinc. It is found on the spoil heaps of lead mines and around outcrops of veins of heavy metals, most commonly in the limestone uplands of the Mendips, the dales of Derbyshire and Yorkshire, and the north Pennines.

This community is synonymous with the Minuartio - Lamietum alpestris Kock 1932, which was first described in Britain by Shimwell.

There are three subcommunities:

• the so-called typical subcommunity
• the Achillea millefolium - Euphrasia officinalis subcommunity
• the Cladonia spp. 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.

Shimwell, D W (1968). The phytosociology of calcareous grasslands in the British Isles (PhD thesis). Durham University.