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

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

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Volume 1
Woodlands and scrub
Volume 2
Mires
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
Calcicolous grasslands
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
Maritime cliff communities
Vegetation of open habitats