British NVC Community M16 (Erica tetralix – Sphagnum compactum wet heath)

NVC Community M16 (Erica tetralix - Sphagnum compactum wet heath) is one of the 38 mire communities in the British National Vegetation Classification system.

Community composition

The following species are found in this community

Erica tetralix
Sphagnum compactum

References

JNCC Report No. 394 The European context of British Lowland Grasslands J.S. Rodwell1, V. Morgan2, R.G. Jefferson3 & D. Moss4 February 2007 JNCC, Peterborough 2007 ISSN 0963-8091 jncc.defra.gov.uk
NATIONAL VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION field guide to mires and heaths, JNCC 2001, ISBN 1 86107 526 X

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