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NVC community W13 (''Taxus baccata'' woodland), also known as Yew woodland, is one of the
woodland communities
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in the
British National Vegetation Classification
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The British National Vegetation Classification or NVC is a system of classifying natural habitat types in Great Britain according to the vegetation they contain.
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system; it is the only Yew woodland community in the NVC.
This is a very localised community. There are two
subcommunities:
Community composition
Only one
constant species is found in this community,
Yew
Yew is a common name given to various species of trees.
It is most prominently given to any of various coniferous trees and shrubs in the genus ''Taxus'':
* European yew or common yew (''Taxus baccata'')
* Pacific yew or western yew (''Taxus br ...
(''Taxus baccata'').
A single
rare species,
European Box (''Buxus sempervirens'') is also associated with the community.
Distribution
This community is almost wholly confined to chalk sites on the
North and
South Downs in southern
England.
Subcommunities
There are two
subcommunities:
* the ''Sorbus aria'' subcommunity
* the ''Mercurialis perennis'' subcommunity
References
*
Rodwell, J. S.
John S. Rodwell (1946 – present) is an ecologist who was based at the University of Lancaster, noted for his role in the development of the British National Vegetation Classification and as editor of the five volumes of ''British Plant Commu ...
(1991) ''
British Plant Communities Volume 1 - Woodlands and scrub'' (hardback), (paperback)
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