Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- Preamble
- Salt-marsh communities
- COMMUNITY DESCRIPTIONS
- Shingle, strandline and sand-dune communities
- COMMUNITY DESCRIPTIONS
- Maritime cliff communities
- COMMUNITY DESCRIPTIONS
- Vegetation of open habitats
- COMMUNITY DESCRIPTIONS
- OV1: Viola arvensis-Aphanes microcarpa community
- OV2: Briza minor-Silene gallica community
- OV3: Papaver rhoeas-Viola arvensis community: Papaveretum argemones (Libbert 1933) Kruseman & Vlieger 1939
- OV4: Chrysanthemum segetum-Spergula arvensis community: Spergulo-Chrysanthemetum segetum (Br.-Bl. & De Leeuw 1936) R. Tx. 1937
- OV5: Digitaria ischaemum-Erodium cicutarium community
- OV6: Cerastium glomeratum-Fumaria muralis ssp. boraei community
- OV7: Veronica persica-Veronica polita community: Veronico-Lamietum hybridi Kruseman & Vlieger 1939
- OV8: Veronica persica-Alopecurus myosuroides community: Alopecuro-Chamomilletum recutitae Wasscher 1941
- OV9: Matricaria perforata-Stellaria media community
- OV10: Poa annua-Senecio vulgaris community
- OV11: Poa annua-Stachys arvensis community
- OV12: Poa annua-Myosotis arvensis community
- OV13: Stellaria media-Capsella bursa-pastoris community
- OV14: Urtica urens-Lamium amplexicaule community
- OV15: Anagallis arvensis-Veronica persica community: Kickxietum spuriae Kruseman & Vlieger 1939
- OV16: Papaver rhoeas-Silene noctiflora community: Papaveri-Sileneetum noctiflori Wasscher 1941
- OV17: Reseda lutea-Polygonum aviculare community: Descurainio-Anchusetum arvensis Silverside 1977
- OV18: Polygonum aviculare-Chamomilla suaveolens community
- OV19: Poa annua-Matricaria perforata community
- OV20: Poa annua-Sagina procumbens community: Sagino-Bryetum argentii Diemont, Sissingh & Westhoff 1940
- OV21: Poa annua-Plantago major community
- OV22: Poa annua-Taraxacum officinale community
- OV23: Lolium perenne-Dactylis glomerata community
- OV24: Urtica dioica-Galium aparine community
- OV25: Urtica dioica-Cirsium arvense community
- OV26: Epilobium hirsutum community
- OV27: Epilobium angustifolium community
- OV28: Agrostis stolonifera-Ranunculus repens community: Agrostio-Ranunculetum repentis Oberdorfer et al. 1967
- OV29: Alopecurus geniculatus-Rorippa palustris community: Ranunculo-Alopecuretum geniculati R.Tx. (1937) 1950
- OV30: Bidens tripartita-Polygonum amphibium community: Polygono-Bidentetum tripartitae Lohmeyer in R.Tx. 1950
- OV31: Rorippa palustris-Filaginella uliginosa community
- OV32: Myosotis scorpioides-Ranunculus sceleratus community: Ranunculetum scelerati R.Tx. 1950 ex Passarge 1959
- OV33: Polygonum lapathifolium-Poa annua community
- OV34: Allium schoenoprasum-Plantago maritima community
- OV35: Lythrum portula-Ranunculus flammula community
- OV36: Lythrum hyssopifolia-Juncus bufonius community
- OV37: Festuca ovina-Minuartia verna community: Minuartio-Thlaspietum alpestris Koch 1932
- OV38: Gymnocarpium robertianum-Arrhenatherum elatius community: Gymnocarpietum robertianae (Kuhn 1937) R.Tx. 1937
- OV39: Asplenium trichomanes-Asplenium ruta-muraria community: Asplenietum trichomano-rutae-murariae R.Tx. 1937
- OV40: Asplenium viride-Cystopteris fragilis community: Asplenio viridis-Cystopteridetum fragilis (Kuhn 1939) Oberdorfer 1949
- OV41: Parietaria diffusa community: Parietarietum judaicae (Arènes 1928) Oberdorfer 1977
- OV42: Cymbalaria muralis community: Cymbalarietum muralis Görs 1966
- INDEX OF SYNONYMS TO MARITIME COMMUNITIES AND VEGETATION OF OPEN HABITATS
- INDEX OF SPECIES IN MARITIME COMMUNITIES AND VEGETATION OF OPEN HABITATS
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- PHYTOSOCIOLOGICAL CONSPECTUS OF BRITISH PLANT COMMUNITIES
OV5: Digitaria ischaemum-Erodium cicutarium community
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 September 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- Preamble
- Salt-marsh communities
- COMMUNITY DESCRIPTIONS
- Shingle, strandline and sand-dune communities
- COMMUNITY DESCRIPTIONS
- Maritime cliff communities
- COMMUNITY DESCRIPTIONS
- Vegetation of open habitats
- COMMUNITY DESCRIPTIONS
- OV1: Viola arvensis-Aphanes microcarpa community
- OV2: Briza minor-Silene gallica community
- OV3: Papaver rhoeas-Viola arvensis community: Papaveretum argemones (Libbert 1933) Kruseman & Vlieger 1939
- OV4: Chrysanthemum segetum-Spergula arvensis community: Spergulo-Chrysanthemetum segetum (Br.-Bl. & De Leeuw 1936) R. Tx. 1937
- OV5: Digitaria ischaemum-Erodium cicutarium community
- OV6: Cerastium glomeratum-Fumaria muralis ssp. boraei community
- OV7: Veronica persica-Veronica polita community: Veronico-Lamietum hybridi Kruseman & Vlieger 1939
- OV8: Veronica persica-Alopecurus myosuroides community: Alopecuro-Chamomilletum recutitae Wasscher 1941
- OV9: Matricaria perforata-Stellaria media community
- OV10: Poa annua-Senecio vulgaris community
- OV11: Poa annua-Stachys arvensis community
- OV12: Poa annua-Myosotis arvensis community
- OV13: Stellaria media-Capsella bursa-pastoris community
- OV14: Urtica urens-Lamium amplexicaule community
- OV15: Anagallis arvensis-Veronica persica community: Kickxietum spuriae Kruseman & Vlieger 1939
- OV16: Papaver rhoeas-Silene noctiflora community: Papaveri-Sileneetum noctiflori Wasscher 1941
- OV17: Reseda lutea-Polygonum aviculare community: Descurainio-Anchusetum arvensis Silverside 1977
- OV18: Polygonum aviculare-Chamomilla suaveolens community
- OV19: Poa annua-Matricaria perforata community
- OV20: Poa annua-Sagina procumbens community: Sagino-Bryetum argentii Diemont, Sissingh & Westhoff 1940
- OV21: Poa annua-Plantago major community
- OV22: Poa annua-Taraxacum officinale community
- OV23: Lolium perenne-Dactylis glomerata community
- OV24: Urtica dioica-Galium aparine community
- OV25: Urtica dioica-Cirsium arvense community
- OV26: Epilobium hirsutum community
- OV27: Epilobium angustifolium community
- OV28: Agrostis stolonifera-Ranunculus repens community: Agrostio-Ranunculetum repentis Oberdorfer et al. 1967
- OV29: Alopecurus geniculatus-Rorippa palustris community: Ranunculo-Alopecuretum geniculati R.Tx. (1937) 1950
- OV30: Bidens tripartita-Polygonum amphibium community: Polygono-Bidentetum tripartitae Lohmeyer in R.Tx. 1950
- OV31: Rorippa palustris-Filaginella uliginosa community
- OV32: Myosotis scorpioides-Ranunculus sceleratus community: Ranunculetum scelerati R.Tx. 1950 ex Passarge 1959
- OV33: Polygonum lapathifolium-Poa annua community
- OV34: Allium schoenoprasum-Plantago maritima community
- OV35: Lythrum portula-Ranunculus flammula community
- OV36: Lythrum hyssopifolia-Juncus bufonius community
- OV37: Festuca ovina-Minuartia verna community: Minuartio-Thlaspietum alpestris Koch 1932
- OV38: Gymnocarpium robertianum-Arrhenatherum elatius community: Gymnocarpietum robertianae (Kuhn 1937) R.Tx. 1937
- OV39: Asplenium trichomanes-Asplenium ruta-muraria community: Asplenietum trichomano-rutae-murariae R.Tx. 1937
- OV40: Asplenium viride-Cystopteris fragilis community: Asplenio viridis-Cystopteridetum fragilis (Kuhn 1939) Oberdorfer 1949
- OV41: Parietaria diffusa community: Parietarietum judaicae (Arènes 1928) Oberdorfer 1977
- OV42: Cymbalaria muralis community: Cymbalarietum muralis Görs 1966
- INDEX OF SYNONYMS TO MARITIME COMMUNITIES AND VEGETATION OF OPEN HABITATS
- INDEX OF SPECIES IN MARITIME COMMUNITIES AND VEGETATION OF OPEN HABITATS
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- PHYTOSOCIOLOGICAL CONSPECTUS OF BRITISH PLANT COMMUNITIES
Summary
Synonymy
Echinochloo-Setarietum (Kruseman & Vlieger 1939) emend. Kruseman & Vlieger apud Sissingh, Vlieger & Westhoff 1940 sensu Silverdale 1977
Constant species
Crepis capillaris, Digitaria ischaemum, Elymus repens, Erodium cicutarium, Geranium molle, Poa annua, Senecio vulgaris, Spergula arvensis, Stellaria media.
Rare species.
Apera spica-venti.
Physiognomy
The rare annual introduced grass Digitaria ischaemum, together with Erodium cicutarium and Spergula arvensis, provide a distinctive group of constants in this Digitaria Erodium annual weed community. Also very frequent are Stellaria media, Poa annua, Senecio vulgaris, Geranium molle, Crepis capillaris and Elymus repens.
Other common associates are Bilderdykia convolvulus, Capsella bursa-pastoris, Rumex acetosella, Papaver dubium, Chenopodium album and Taraxacum officinale agg. Occasionals of the community include Polygonum aviculare, Medicago sativa, Ornithopus perpusillus, Scleranthus annuus, Raphanus raphanistrum and Urtica urens with Holcus mollis and Achillea millefolium sometimes figuring. Bryophytes are occasionally found with Bryum rubens and Pleuridium subulatum most common.
Habitat
The Digitaria-Erodium community is confined to fertilised sandy soils disturbed by the cultivation of root crops and cereals in a very localised part of south-east England.
D. ischaemum is a native of warm-temperate parts of Europe and Asia first recorded in East Anglia in about 1805 and since then locally established among arable crops in sandy fields in southern and south-east England (Hubbard 1984), having probably spread in contaminated seed (Salisbury 1964). It has declined markedly in its occurrences with the shift to more intensive kinds of arable agriculture, although it can persist in situations with quite considerable soil enrichment.
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- British Plant Communities , pp. 345 - 346Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2000