Woodland and scrub communities in the British National Vegetation Classification system
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This article gives an overview of the woodland and scrub communities in the British National Vegetation Classification system.
Introduction[]
The woodland and scrub communities of the NVC were described in Volume 1 of British Plant Communities, first published in 1991.
In total, 25 woodland/scrub communities have been identified, consisting of 19 woodland communities, four communities classed as scrub and 2 as underscrub.
The woodland communities consist of:
- Six mixed deciduous or oak/birch woodland communities, which between them are found throughout Britain
- Three Beech woodland communities, found mainly in southern England
- A Yew woodland community, almost completely restricted to southeast England (community W13)
- A Scots Pine woodland community, restricted to Scotland
- A Juniper woodland community (community )
- Seven wet woodland communities, characterised by the presence of alder, birch and willows (communities W1, W2, W3, , , and W7).
- Communities of arctic-alpine willows
The scrub communities consist of:
- Communities consisting of shrubs such as hawthorn, blackthorn and elder
- Gorse and broom scrub
The underscrub communities consist of bramble and bracken underscrub.
A further scrub community, SD18, dominated by Sea Buckthorn, is classified among the sand-dune communities.
List of woodland and scrub communities[]
The following is a list of the communities that make up this category:
- W1 Salix cinerea - Galium palustre woodland
- W2 Salix cinerea - Betula pubescens - Phragmites australis woodland
- W3 Salix pentandra - Carex rostrata woodland
- W7 Alnus glutinosa - Fraxinus excelsior - Lysimachia nemorum woodland
- W8 Fraxinus excelsior - Acer campestre - Mercurialis perennis woodland
- W9 Fraxinus excelsior - Sorbus aucuparia - Mercurialis perennis woodland
- W10 Quercus robur - Pteridium aquilinum - Rubus fruticosus woodland
- W11 Quercus petraea - Betula pubescens - Oxalis acetosella woodland
- W13 Taxus baccata woodland
- W17 Quercus petraea - Betula pubescens - Dicranum majus woodland
Categories:
- British National Vegetation Classification woodland and scrub communities