British NVC community CG7


NVC community CG7 is one of the calcicolous grassland communities in the British National Vegetation Classification system. It is one of three short-sward communities associated with heavy grazing, within the lowland calcicolous grassland group, and is regarded as the eastern counterpart of "typical" chalk grassland.
It is a comparatively widely distributed community. There are five subcommunities.

Community composition

The following constant species are found in this community:
The following rare species are also associated with the community:
This community is found scattered throughout chalk grassland sites in southern England, particularly in The Brecks on the Norfolk/Suffolk border, with outlying clusters in the Yorkshire Wolds, and on Carboniferous limestone in Derbyshire and Mendip Hills.

Subcommunities

There are five subcommunities: