List of Plant Communities in The British National Vegetation Classification - Vegetation of Open Habitats

Vegetation of Open Habitats

The following 42 communities are described in Volume 5 of British Plant Communities. For an article summarising these communities see Vegetation of open habitats in the British National Vegetation Classification system.

  • OV1 Viola arvensis - Aphanes microcarpa community
  • OV2 Briza minor - Silene gallica community
  • OV3 Papaver rhoeas - Viola arvensis community Papaveretum argemones (Libbert 1933) Kruseman & Vlieger 1939
  • OV4 Chrysanthemum segetum - Spergula arvensis community Spergulo-Chrysanthemetum segetum (Br.-Bl. & De Leeuw 1936) R. Tx. 1937
  • OV5 Digitaria ischaemum - Erodium cicutarium community
  • OV6 Cerastium glomeratum - Fumaria borealis ssp. boraei community
  • OV7 Veronica persica - Veronica polita community Veronico - Lamietum hybridi Kruseman & Vlieger 1939
  • OV8 Veronica persica - Alopecurus myosuroides community Alopecuro-Chamomilletum recutitae Wasscher 1941
  • OV9 Matricaria perforata - Stellaria media community
  • OV10 Poa annua - Senecio vulgaris community
  • OV11 Poa annua - Stachys arvensis community
  • OV12 Poa annua - Myosotis arvensis community
  • OV13 Stellaria media - Capsella bursa-pastoris community
  • OV14 Urtica urens - Lamium amplexicaule community
  • OV15 Anagallis arvensis - Veronica persica community Kickxietum spuriae Kruseman & Vlieger 1939
  • OV16 Papaver rhoeas - Silene noctiflora community Papaveri-Sileneetum noctiflori Wasscher 1941
  • OV17 Reseda lutea - Polygonum aviculare community Descurainio-Anchusetum arvensis Silverside 1977
  • OV18 Polygonum aviculare - Chamomilla suavolens community
  • OV19 Poa annua - Matricaria perforata community
  • OV20 Poa annua - Sagina procumbens community Sagino - Bryetum argentii Diemont, Sissingh & Westhoff 1940
  • OV21 Poa annua - Plantago major community
  • OV22 Poa annua - Taraxacum officinale community
  • OV23 Lolium perenne - Dactylis glomerata community
  • OV24 Urtica dioica - Galium aparine community
  • OV25 Urtica dioica - Cirsium arvense community
  • OV26 Epilobium hirsutum community
  • OV27 Epilobium angustifolium community
  • OV28 Agrostis stolonifera - Ranunculus repens community Agrostio - Ranunculetum repentis Oberdorfer et al. 1967
  • OV29 Alopecurus geniculatus - Rorippa palustris community Ranunculo - Alopecuretum geniculati R. Tx. (1937) 1950
  • OV30 Bidens tripartita - Polygonum amphibium community Polygono - Bidentetum tripartitae Lohmeyer in R. Tx. 1950
  • OV31 Rorippa palustris - Filaginella uliginosa community
  • OV32 Myosotis scorpioides - Ranunculus sceleratus community Ranunculetum scelerati R. Tx. 1950 ex Passarge 1959
  • OV33 Polygonum lapathifolium - Poa annua community
  • OV34 Allium schoenoprasum - Plantago maritima community
  • OV35 Lythrum portula - Ranunculus flammula community
  • OV36 Lythrum hyssopifolia - Juncus bufonius community
  • OV37 Festuca ovina - Minuartia verna community Minuartio-Thlaspietum alpestris Koch 1932
  • OV38 Gymnocarpium robertianum - Arrhenatherum elatius community Gymnocarpietum robertianae (Kuhn 1937) R. Tx. 1937
  • OV39 Asplenium trichomanes - Asplenium ruta-muraria community Asplenietum trichomano-rutae-murariae R. Tx. 1937
  • OV40 Asplenium viride - Cystopteris fragilis community Asplenio viridis-Cystopteridetum fragilis (Kuhn 1939) Oberdorfer 1977
  • OV41 Parietaria diffusa community Parietarietum judaicae (Arènes 1928) Oberdorfer 1977
  • OV42 Cymbalaria muralis community Cymbalarietum muralis Görs 1966


The British National Vegetation Classification
Volume 1
Woodlands and scrub
  • W1
  • W2
  • W3
  • W4
  • W5
  • W6
  • W7
  • W8
  • W9
  • W10
  • W11
  • W12
  • W13
  • W14
  • W15
  • W16
  • W17
  • W18
  • W19
  • W20
  • W21
  • W22
  • W23
  • W24
  • W25
Volume 2
Mires
  • M1
  • M2
  • M3
  • M4
  • M5
  • M6
  • M7
  • M8
  • M9
  • M10
  • M11
  • M12
  • M13
  • M14
  • M15
  • M16
  • M17
  • M18
  • M19
  • M20
  • M21
  • M22
  • M23
  • M24
  • M25
  • M26
  • M27
  • M28
  • M29
  • M30
  • M31
  • M32
  • M33
  • M34
  • M35
  • M36
  • M37
  • M38
Heaths
  • H1
  • H2
  • H3
  • H4
  • H5
  • H6
  • H7
  • H8
  • H9
  • H10
  • H11
  • H12
  • H13
  • H14
  • H15
  • H16
  • H17
  • H18
  • H19
  • H20 H21
  • H22
Volume 3
Mesotrophic grasslands
  • MG1
  • MG2
  • MG3
  • MG4
  • MG5
  • MG6
  • MG7
  • MG8
  • MG9
  • MG10
  • MG11
  • MG12
  • MG13
Calcicolous grasslands
  • CG1
  • CG2
  • CG3
  • CG4
  • CG5
  • CG6
  • CG7
  • CG8
  • CG9
  • CG10
  • CG11
  • CG12
  • CG13
  • CG14
Calcifugous grasslands and
montane communities
  • U1
  • U2
  • U3
  • U4
  • U5
  • U6
  • U7
  • U8
  • U9
  • U10
  • U11
  • U12
  • U13
  • U14
  • U15
  • U16
  • U17
  • U18
  • U19
  • U20 U21
Volume 4
Aquatic communities
  • A1
  • A2
  • A3
  • A4
  • A5
  • A6
  • A7
  • A8
  • A9
  • A10
  • A11
  • A12
  • A13
  • A14
  • A15
  • A16
  • A17
  • A18
  • A19
  • A20 A21
  • A22
  • A23
  • A24
Swamps and tall-herb fens
  • S1
  • S2
  • S3
  • S4
  • S5
  • S6
  • S7
  • S8
  • S9
  • S10
  • S11
  • S12
  • S13
  • S14
  • S15
  • S16
  • S17
  • S18
  • S19
  • S20 S21
  • S22
  • S23
  • S24
  • S25
  • S26
  • S27
  • S28
Volume 5
Salt-marshes
  • SM1
  • SM2
  • SM3
  • SM4
  • SM5
  • SM6
  • SM7
  • SM8
  • SM9
  • SM10
  • SM11
  • SM12
  • SM13
  • SM14
  • SM15
  • SM16
  • SM17
  • SM18
  • SM19
  • SM20 SM21
  • SM22
  • SM23
  • SM24
  • SM25
  • SM26
  • SM27
  • SM28
Shingle, strandline and
sand-dunes
  • SD1
  • SD2
  • SD3
  • SD4
  • SD5
  • SD6
  • SD7
  • SD8
  • SD9
  • SD10
  • SD11
  • SD12
  • SD13
  • SD14
  • SD15
  • SD16
  • SD17
  • SD18
  • SD19
Maritime cliff communities
  • MC1
  • MC2
  • MC3
  • MC4
  • MC5
  • MC6
  • MC7
  • MC8
  • MC9
  • MC10
  • MC11
  • MC12
Vegetation of open habitats
  • OV1
  • OV2
  • OV3
  • OV4
  • OV5
  • OV6
  • OV7
  • OV8
  • OV9
  • OV10
  • OV11
  • OV12
  • OV13
  • OV14
  • OV15
  • OV16
  • OV17
  • OV18
  • OV19
  • OV20
  • OV21
  • OV22
  • OV23
  • OV24
  • OV25
  • OV26
  • OV27
  • OV28
  • OV29
  • OV30
  • OV31
  • OV32
  • OV33
  • OV34
  • OV35
  • OV36
  • OV37
  • OV38
  • OV39
  • OV40
  • OV41
  • OV42
  • Full list of communities
  • British Plant Communities
  • List of constant species
  • List of rare species

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