Jump to content

British NVC community W5

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

NVC community W5 (Alnus glutinosa Alnus glutinosa - Carex paniculata woodland) is one of the woodland communities in the British National Vegetation Classification system; it is one of seven woodland communities in the NVC classed as "wet woodlands".

Community composition

[edit]

There are six constant species:

Distribution

[edit]

The communities are fairly widespread in lowland England if localised, but much less frequent in Wales and Scotland.

References

[edit]
  • Rodwell, J. S. (1991) British Plant Communities Volume 1 - Woodlands and scrub ISBN 0-521-23558-8 (hardback), ISBN 0-521-62721-4 (paperback)