British NVC community MC10
# British NVC community MC10

British NVC community MC10 (Festuca rubra - Plantago spp. maritime grassland) is one of the maritime cliff communities in the British National Vegetation Classification system. It is one of five communities categorised as maritime sea-cliff grasslands.

This community is found widely in coastal areas. There are three subcommunities.

## Community composition

Five constant species are found in this community:

* Red Fescue (Festuca rubra)
* Buck's-horn Plantain (Plantago coronopus)
* Ribwort Plantain (Plantago lanceolata)
* Sea Plantain (Plantago maritima)
* Creeping Bent (Agrostis stolonifera)

Five rare species are associated with this community:

* Purple Milk-vetch (Astragalus danicus)
* Purple Oxytropis (Oxytropus halleri)
* Scottish Primrose (Primula scotica)
* Spring Squill (Scilla verna)
* Western Clover (Trifolium occidentale)

## Distribution

This community is found in coastal areas on the west coast of Britain from Devon and Cornwall north to Shetland, with outlying examples in southeast Scotland and Northumberland.

## Subcommunities

There are three subcommunities:

* the Armeria maritima subcommunity
* the Carex panicea subcommunity
* the Schoenus nigricans subcommunity
