This article gives an overview of the open habitat communities in the British National Vegetation Classification system.
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 (shingle, strand-line and sand-dune communities, saltmarsh communities and maritime cliff communities).
In total, 42 open habitat communities have been ide...
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Vegetation of open habitats in the British National Vegetation Classification system
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