The vegetation of the moor house national nature reserve in the northern Pennines, England

Abstract

The vegetation of a 40 km2 area in northern England, ranging in altitude from 300 to 850 m, is described. Sheep graze the whole area and influence the composition of most vegetation types. Trees are absent. Blanket bog poor in species predominates and grassy communities on acidic ill-drained soils have considerable extent. There are also limestone outcrops which give rise to Agrosto-Festucetum on mineral soils and a variety of species-rich bryophytic and herbaceous cummunities in eutrophic flushes. An attempt has been made to relate the vegetation units to the classifications used in central Europe. © 1968 Dr. W. Junk Publishers.