British Plant Communities is the first systematic and comprehensive account of the vegetation types of Britain. It covers all natural, semi-natural and major artificial habitats in Great Britain (but not Northern Ireland), representing the fruits of fifteen years of research by leading plant ecologists. The series breaks new ground in wedding the rigorous interest in the classification of plant communities that has characterized Continental phytosociology with the deep concern traditional in Great Britain to understand how vegetation works. The published volumes have been greeted with universal acclaim, and the series has become firmly established as a framework for a wide variety of teaching, research and management activities in ecology, conservation and land-use planning.
Author(s): John S. Rodwell
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Year: 1991
Language: English
Pages: x+396
Preamble
General Introduction
Woodlands and scrub
Introduction to Woodlands and Scrub
Key to Woodlands and Scrub
Community Descriptions
W1 Salix cinerea-Galium palustre woodland
W2 Salix cinerea-Betula pubescens-Phragmites australis woodland
W3 Salix pentandra-Carex rostrata woodland
W4 Betula pubescens-Molinia caerulea woodland
W5 Alnus glutinosa-Carex paniculata woodland
W6 Alnus glutinosa-Urtica dioica woodland
W7 Alnus glutinosa-Fraxinus excelsior-Lysimachia nemorum woodland
W8 Fraxinus excelsior-Acer campestre-Mercurialis perennis woodland
W9 Fraxinus excelsior-Sorbus aucuparia-Mercurialis perennis woodland
W10 Quercus robur-Pteridium aquilinum-Rubus fruticosus woodland
W11 Quercus petraea-Betula pubescens-Oxalis acetosella woodland
W12 Fagus sylvatica-Mercurialis perennis woodland
W13 Taxus baccata woodland
W14 Fagus sylvatica-Rubus fruticosus woodland
W15 Fagus sylvatica-Deschampsia flexuosa woodland
W16 Quercus spp.-Betula spp.-Deschampsia flexuosa woodland
W17 Quercus petraea-Betula pubescens-Dicranum majus woodland
W18 Pinus sylvestris-Hylocomium splendens woodland
W19 Juniperus communis ssp. communis-Oxalis acetosella woodland
W20 Salix lapponum-Luzula sylvatica scrub
W21 Crataegus monogyna-Hedera helix scrub
W22 Prunus spinosa-Rubus fruticosus scrub
W23 Ulex europaeus-Rubus fruticosus scrub
W24 Rubus fruticosus-Holcus lanatus underscrub
W25 Pteridium aquilinum-Rubus fruticosus underscrub
Index of Synonyms to Woodlands and Scrub
Index of Species in Woodlands and Scrub
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