Woodland and scrub communities in the British National Vegetation Classification system
- Woodland and scrub communities in the British National Vegetation Classification system
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 W19)
* Seven wet woodland communities, characterised by the presence of alder, birch and willows (communities W1, W2, W3, W4, W5, W6 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
* W4 "Betula pubescens - Molinia caerulea" woodland
* W5 "Alnus glutinosa - Carex paniculata" woodland
* W6 "Alnus glutinosa - Urtica dioica" woodland
* W7 "Alnus glutinosa - Fraxinus excelsior - Lysimachia nemorum" woodland
* W8 "Fraxinus excelsior - Acer campestre - Mercurialis perennis" woodland
* W9 "Fraxinus excelsior - Sorbus aucuparia - Mercurilais perennis" woodland
* W10 "Quercus robur - Pteridium aquilinum - Rubus fruticosus" woodland
* W11 "Quercus petraea - Betula pubescens - Oxalis acetosella" woodland
* W12 "Fagus sylvatica - Mercurilais perennis" woodland
* W13 "Taxus baccata" woodland
* W14 "Fagus sylvatica - Rubus fruticosus" woodland
* W15 "Fagus sylvatica - Deschampsia flexuosa" woodland
* W16 "Quercus" spp. - "Betula" spp. - "Deschampsia flexuosa" woodland
* W17 "Quercus petraea - Betula pubescens - Dicranum majus" woodland
* W18 "Pinus sylvestris - Hylocomium splendens" woodland
* W19 "Juniperus communis" ssp. "communis - Oxalis acetosella" woodland
* W20 "Salix lapponum - Luzula sylvatica" scrub
* W21 "Crataegus monogyna - Hedera helix" scrub
* W22 "Prunus spinosa - Rubus fruticosus" scrub
* W23 "Ulex europaeus - Rubus fruticosus" scrub
* W24 "Rubus fruticosus - Holcus lanatus" underscrub
* W25 "Pteridium aquilinum - Rubus fruticosus" underscrub
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