NVC community W11 is one of the woodland

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 widespread upland community of northern and western Britain. There are four subcommunities.

Community composition

The following constant species are found in this community:

• Silver Birch
  Silver Birch
  Betula pendula is a widespread European birch, though in southern Europe it is only found at higher altitudes. Its range extends into southwest Asia in the mountains of northern Turkey and the Caucasus...
  
   (Betula pendula) / Downy Birch
  Downy Birch
  Betula pubescens is a species of birch, native and abundant throughout northern Europe, Iceland, northern Asia and also Greenland....
  
   (Betula pubescens)
• Common Bent (Agrostis capillaris)
• Sweet Vernal-grass (Anthoxanthum odoratum)
• Wavy Hair-grass (Deschampsia flexuosa)
• Heath Bedstraw (Galium saxatile)
• Creeping Soft-grass (Holcus mollis)
• Wood-sorrel (Oxalis acetosella)
• Tormentil
  Tormentil
  Common Tormentil is a herbaceous perennial belonging to the rose family , also known as Septfoil or simply as "tormentil" .-Characteristics:It is a low, clumb-forming plant with slender, procumbent...
  
   (Potentilla erecta)
• Bracken
  Bracken
  Bracken are several species of large, coarse ferns of the genus Pteridium. Ferns are vascular plants that have alternating generations, large plants that produce spores and small plants that produce sex cells . Brackens are in the family Dennstaedtiaceae, which are noted for their large, highly...
  
   (Pteridium aquilinum)
• Common Dog-violet (Viola riviniana)
• Glittering Wood-moss (Hylocomium splendens)
• Neat Feather-moss (Pseudoscleropodium purum)
• Springy Turf-moss (Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus)
• Common Tamarisk-moss (Thuidium tamariscinum)

No rare species are also associated with the community.

Distribution

This community is widespread throughout upland areas in northern and western Britain, where is replaces community W10

British NVC community W10

NVC community W10 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, except in Scotland...

. It is particularly well-represented in Scotland, north Wales, and northwest England. It is also present in the Southwest Peninsula.

Subcommunities

There are four subcommunities:

• the Dryopteris dilatata subcommunity
• the Blechnum spicant subcommunity
• the Anemone nemorosa subcommunity
• the Stellaria holostea - Hypericum pulchrum subcommunity