British NVC community U6
# British NVC community U6

NVC community U6 (Juncus squarrosus - Festuca ovina grassland) is one of the calcifugous grassland communities in the British National Vegetation Classification system.

It is a comparatively localised community. There are four subcommunities.

## Community composition

The following constant species are found in this community:

* Sheep's Fescue (Festuca ovina)
* Heath Rush (Juncus squarrosus)
* Common Haircap Polytrichum commune
* Bifid Crestwort Lophocolea bidentata sensu lato

One rare species is associated with the community, Greater Pawwort, Barbilophozia lycopodioides.

## Distribution

This community is found locally in the uplands of Wales, northern England and Scotland.

## Subcommunities

There are four subcommunities:

* the Sphagnum spp. subcommunity
* the Carex nigra - Calypogeia trichomanis subcommunity
* the Vaccinium myrtillus subcommunity
* the Agrostis capillaris - Luzula multiflora subcommunity
