Mires in the British National Vegetation Classification system

The mire communities of the NVC were described in Volume 2 of British Plant Communities, first published in 1991, along with the heath communities. In total, 38 mire communities have been identified. The mire communities consist of a number of separate subgroups. • five bog plane communities (M17, M18, M19, M20 and M21) • two wet heath communities (M15 and M16) • four bog-pool communities (M1, M2, M3 and M4) • four base-poor small sedge & rush communities (M5, M6, M7 and M8) • six base-poor small sedge & Schoenus communities (M9, M10, M11, M12, M13 and M14) • seven fen-meadow / rush-pasture communities (M22, M23, M24, M25, M26, M27 and M28) • two soakaway communities (M29 and M30) • eight communities of springs and rills (M31, M32, M33, M34, M35, M36, M37 and M38) ==List of mire communities==

The following is a list of the communities that make up this category: • M1 Sphagnum auriculatum bog pool community • M2 Sphagnum cuspidatum/recurvum bog pool community • M3 Eriophorum angustifolium bog pool community • M4 Carex rostrata - Sphagnum recurvum mire • M5 Carex rostrata - Sphagnum squarrosum mire • M6 Carex echinata - Sphagnum recurva/auriculatum mire • M7 Carex curta - Sphagnum russowii mire • M8 Carex rostrata - Sphagnum warnstorfii mire • M9 Carex rostrata - Calligeron cuspidatum/giganteum mire • M10 Carex dioica - Pinguicula vulgaris mire Pinguiculo-Caricetum dioicae Jones 1973 emend. • M11 Carex demissa - Saxifraga aizoides mire Carici-Saxifragetum aizoidis McVean & Ratcliffe 1962 emend. • M12 Carex saxatilis mire Caricetum saxatilis McVean & Ratcliffe 1962 • M13 Schoenus nigricans - Juncus subnodulosus mire Schoenetum nigricantis Koch 1926 • M14 Schoneus nigricans - Narthecium ossifragum mire • M15 Scirpus cespitosus - Erica tetralix wet heath • M16 Erica tetralix - Sphagnum compactum wet heath Ericetum tetralicis Schwickerath 1933 • M17 Scirpus cespitosus - Eriophorum vaginatum blanket mire • M18 Erica tetralix - Sphagnum papillosum raised and blanket mire • M19 Calluna vulgaris - Eriophorum vaginatum blanket mire • M20 Eriophorum vaginatum raised and blanket mire • M21 Narthecium ossifragum - Sphagnum papillosum valley mire Narthecio-Sphagnetum euatlanticum Duvigneaud 1949 • M22 Juncus subnodulosus - Cirsium palustre fen-meadow • M23 Juncus effusus/acutiflorus - Galium palustre rush-pasture • M24 Molinia caerulea - Cirsium dissectum fen-meadow Cirsium-Molinietum caeruleae Sissingh & De Vries 1942 emend. • M25 Molinia caerulea - Potentilla erecta mire • M26 Molinia caerulea - Crepis paludosa mire • M27 Filipendula ulmaria - Angelica sylvestris mire • M28 Iris pseudacorus - Filipendula ulmaria mire Filipendulo-Iridetum pseudacori Adam 1976 emend. • M29 Hypericum elodes - Potamogeton polygonifolius soakaway Hyperico-Potametum polygonifolii (Allorge 1921) Braun-Blanquet & Tüxen 1952 • M30 Related vegetation of seasonally-inundated habitats Hydrocotyla-Baldellion Tüxen & Dierssen 1972 • M31 Anthelia judacea - Sphagnum auriculatum spring Sphagno auriculati-Anthelietum judaceae Shimwell 1972 • M32 Philonotis fontana - Saxifraga stellaris spring Philonoto-Saxifragetum stellaris Nordhagen 1943 • M33 Pohlia wahlenbergii var. glacialis spring Pohlietum glacialis McVean & Ratcliffe 1962 • M34 Carex demissa - Koenigia islandica flush • M35 Ranunculus omiophyllus - Montia fontana rill • M36 Lowland springs and streambanks of shaded situations Cardaminion (Maas 1959) Westhoff & den Held 1969 • M37 Cratoneuron commutatum - Festuca rubra spring • M38 Cratoneuron commutatum - Carex nigra spring ==References==