British NVC community MG2
# British NVC community MG2

British NVC community MG2 (Arrhenatherum elatius- Filipendula ulmaria tall-herb grassland) is one of the mesotrophic grassland communities in the British National Vegetation Classification system.

It is a localised community found only in northern England. There are two subcommunities.

## Community composition

The following constant species are found in this community:

* Wild Angelica (Angelica sylvestris)
* False Oat-grass (Arrhenatherum elatius)
* Crosswort (Cruciata laevipes)
* Cock's-foot (Dactylis glomerata)
* Male Fern (Dryopteris filix-mas)
* Broad-leaved Willowherb (Epilobium montanum)
* Red Fescue (Festuca rubra)
* Meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria)
* Water Avens (Geum rivale)
* Common Hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium)
* Dog's Mercury (Mercurialis perennis)
* Rough Meadow-grass (Poa trivialis)
* Red Campion (Silene dioica)
* Stinging Nettle (Urtica dioica)
* Common Valerian (Valeriana officinalis)
* Swartz's Feather-moss (Eurhynchium swartzii)
* Hart's-tongue Thyme-moss (Plagiomnium undulatum)
* Dented Silk-moss (Plagiothecium denticulatum)
* Bifid Crestwort (Lophocolea bidentata sensu lato)

One rare species, Jacob's-ladder (Polemonium caeruleum), is associated with this community.

## Distribution

This community is confined to a small number of localities in northern England - in Derbyshire, Craven and the Cheviots.

## Subcommunities

There are two subcommunities:

* the Filipendula ulmaria subcommunity
* the Polemonium caeruleum subcommunity
