British NVC community OV26

British NVC community OV26 (Epilobium hirsutum community) is one of the open habitat communities in the British National Vegetation Classification system. It is one of four tall-herb weed communities.

This community is found throughout lowland Britain.

There are five subcommunities.

Community composition

The following constant species are found in this community:

Great willowherb (Epilobium hirsutum)
Common nettle (Urtica dioica)

There are no rare species associated with the community.

Distribution

This community is found throughout lowland Britain. It occurs on moist, but not waterlogged soils, and is one of the transitional vegetation types around open water and alongside lowland streams; it is often found on damp verges and in ditches alongside roads and tracks.

Subcommunities

There are five subcommunities:

the Juncus effusus - Ranunculus repens subcommunity
the Phragmites australis - Iris pseudacorus subcommunity
the Filipendula ulmaria - Angelica sylvestris subcommunity
the Arrhenatherum elatius - Heracleum sphondylium subcommunity
the Urtica dioica - Cirsium arvense subcommunity

References

Rodwell, John S (ed) (March 2000). Maritime communities and vegetation of open habitats. British Plant Communities. vol 5. Cambridge University Press. doi:10.2277/0521391679. ISBN 978-0-521-39167-2.

The British National Vegetation Classification: Vegetation of open habitats

OV1 OV2 OV3 OV4 OV5 OV6 OV7 OV8 OV9 OV10 OV11 OV12 OV13 OV14 OV15 OV16 OV17 OV18 OV19 OV20 OV21 OV22 OV23 OV24 OV25 OV26 OV27 OV28 OV29 OV30 OV31 OV32 OV33 OV34 OV35 OV36 OV37 OV38 OV39 OV40 OV41 OV42

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