[1][2] This community is widely distributed in the lowlands and upland fringes of Britain.
This community is widely distributed in the lowlands and upland fringes of Britain.
It is found in urban and suburban habitats, occupying crevices between paving slabs and brickwork on streets and pavements, and in courtyards, and also occurs in rural areas, around farms and domestic buildings, wherever there is heavy trampling.
This is the British equivalent of the Papaveri-Sileneetum noctiflori syntaxon, first described by Diemont, Sissingh and Westhoff (1940) from the Netherlands but which is found widely throughout Europe.
Maritime communities and vegetation of open habitats.