Vegetation of open habitats in the British National Vegetation Classification system

This article gives an overview of the plant communities formed by vegetation of open habitats in the British National Vegetation Classification system.

Introduction

The open habitat communities of the NVC were described in Volume 5 of British Plant Communities, first published in 2000, along with the three groups of maritime communities.
In total, 42 open habitat communities have been identified.
The open habitat communities consist of eight distinct subgroups:

six arable weed and trackside communities of light, less-fertile acid soils
eight arable weed and wasteland communities of fertile loams and clays
three arable weed communities of light, limey soils
six gateway, trackside and courtyard communities
four tall-herb weed communities
five communities typical of periodically inundated habitats
four dwarf-rush communities of ephemeral ponds
six communities of crevice, scree and spoil vegetation

List of open habitat communities

The following is a list of the communities that make up this category: