British NVC community W13

NVC community W13 (Taxus baccata woodland), also known as Yew woodland, is one of the woodland communities in the British National Vegetation Classification 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 (Taxus baccata).

A single rare species, European Box (Buxus sempervirens) is also associated with the community.

This community is almost wholly confined to chalk sites on the North and South Downs in southern England.

There are two subcommunities:

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

The British National Vegetation Classification 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

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