In total, 13 mesotrophic grassland communities have been identified:
two communities in which
False Oat-grass is the characteristic grass species (one of these, community
MG1, is widespread throughout
Britain; the other,
MG2, is confined to northern
England).
four communities of well-drained permanent pastures and meadows, two of which (
MG5 and
MG6) are widespread and the other two (
MG3 and
MG4) more localised
a single community (
MG7) covering a variety of widespread types of
Perennial Rye-grass long-term ley
three widespread communities associated with poorly drained permanent pastures (
MG8,
MG9,
MG10)
three grass-dominated inundation communities, one of which,
MG13, is widespread, the other two,
MG11 and
MG12, more localised
List of mesotrophic grassland communities
The following is a list of the communities that make up this category: