British NVC community W8
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NVC community W8 is one of the woodland
communities in the British National Vegetation Classification
system. It is one of the six communities falling in the "mixed deciduous and oak/birch woodlands" group.
This is a widely distributed community. There are seven subcommunities.
The following rare species are also associated with the community:
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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 in the British National Vegetation Classification
British National Vegetation Classification
The British National Vegetation Classification or NVC is a system of classifying natural habitat types in Great Britain according to the vegetation they contain....
system. It is one of the six communities falling in the "mixed deciduous and oak/birch woodlands" group.
This is a widely distributed community. There are seven subcommunities.
Community composition
Six constant species are found in this community:- Field MapleField MapleAcer campestre, common name Field Maple, is a maple native to much of Europe, north to southern Scotland , Denmark, Poland and Belarus, and also southwest Asia from Turkey to the Caucasus, and north Africa in the Atlas Mountains...
(Acer campestre) - HazelHazelThe hazels are a genus of deciduous trees and large shrubs native to the temperate northern hemisphere. The genus is usually placed in the birch family Betulaceae, though some botanists split the hazels into a separate family Corylaceae.They have simple, rounded leaves with double-serrate margins...
(Corylus avellana) - AshEuropean AshFraxinus excelsior , is a species of Fraxinus native to most of Europe with the exception of northern Scandinavia and southern Iberia, and also southwestern Asia from northern Turkey east to the Caucasus and Alborz mountains...
(Fraxinus excelsior) - Dog's-mercury (Mercurialis perennis)
- BrambleBrambleBrambles are thorny plants of the genus Rubus, in the rose family . Bramble fruit is the fruit of any such plant, including the blackberry and raspberry. The word comes from Germanic *bram-bezi, whence also German Brombeere , Dutch Braam and French framboise...
(Rubus fruticosus agg.) - Common Feather-moss (Eurhynchium praelongum)
The following rare species are also associated with the community:
- Narrow-leaved Bittercress (Cardamine impatiens)
- Mezereon (Daphne mezereum)
- Wood Fescue (Festuca altissima)
- Mountain Currant (Ribes alpinum)
- Oxlip (Primula elatior)
- Primula × digenea, the hybrid between Oxlip and PrimrosePrimrose-Botany:* Primulaceae, a family of flowering plants* Primula vulgaris, commonly known as the Primrose * Oenothera, commonly known as Evening Primrose, a plant genus...
(P. vulgaris) - Large-leaved Lime (Tilia platyphyllos)
Distribution
This community is widespread throughout lowland Britain, becmoing scarcer in the north and west, where it is replaced by community W9British NVC community W9
NVC community W9 is one of the woodland communities in the British National Vegetation Classification system. It is one of the six communities falling in the "mixed deciduous and oak/birch woodlands" group.This is a community of northern and western Britain, particularly widespread in Scotland and...
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Subcommunities
There are seven subcommunities:- the Primula vulgaris - Glechoma hederacea subcommunity
- the Anemone nemorosa subcommunity
- the Deschampsia cespitosa subcommunity
- the Hedera helix subcommunity
- the Geranium robertianum subcommunity
- the Allium ursinum subcommunity
- the Teucrium scorodonia subcommunity