Communities By Category
In total there are 286 communities in the British National Vegetation Classification. They are grouped into the following major categories:
- Woodland and scrub communities (25 communities, prefixed with the letter "W" — 19 classed as woodland, four as scrub and two as 'underscrub')
- Mires (38 communities, prefixed "M")
- Heaths (22 communities, prefixed "H")
- Mesotrophic grasslands (13 communities, prefixed "MG")
- Calcicolous grasslands (14 communities, prefixed "CG")
- Calcifugous grasslands and montane communities (21 communities, prefixed "U")
- Aquatic communities (24 communities, prefixed "A")
- Swamps and tall-herb fens (28 communities, prefixed "S")
- Salt-marsh communities (28 communities, prefixed "SM")
- Shingle, strandline and sand-dune communities (19 communities, prefixed "SD" — one shingle, two strandline and 16 sand-dune communities)
- Maritime cliff communities (12 communities, prefixed "MC")
- Vegetation of open habitats (42 communities, prefixed "OV")
A full list of these communities, grouped into the above categories, can be found at List of plant communities in the British National Vegetation Classification.
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