UK plant community type
NVC community W8 (Fraxinus excelsior - Acer campestre - Mercurialis perennis woodland) 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.
Six constant species are found in this community:
The following rare species are also associated with the community:
Distribution
This community is widespread throughout lowland Britain, becoming scarcer in the north and west, where it is replaced by community W9.
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
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