• Source: 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 - Mercurialis perennis woodland
W10 Quercus robur - Pteridium aquilinum - Rubus fruticosus woodland
W11 Quercus petraea - Betula pubescens - Oxalis acetosella woodland
W12 Fagus sylvatica - Mercurialis 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




References






Handbook


National Vegetation Classification: Users' handbook - JNCC Open Data by JS Rodwell · 2006




Other Websites


NERC Open Research Archive
The UK Woodland Assurance Standard (UKWAS) is an independent certification standard for verifying sustainable woodland management in the UK that is used for both Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC®) and the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) certification.
TREE SPECIES AND PROVENANCE




See also


John S. Rodwell

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Woodland and scrub communities in the British National Vegetation Classification system
• British National Vegetation Classification
• List of plant communities in the British National Vegetation Classification
• Vegetation classification
• W2
• British NVC community W1
• Deschampsia flexuosa
• Wet woodland
• British NVC community W5
• British NVC community W6