British NVC community OV27

This community is found throughout lowland Britain in suitable habitats. It occurs on damp, fertile, disturbed soils, in woodlands, on heaths, on road verges and railway embankments, and on recreational and waste ground. It is particularly characteristic of areas that have been burned by fires.

There are five subcommunities:

• the Holcus lanatus - Festuca ovina subcommunity
• the Urtica dioica - Cirsium arvense subcommunity
• the Rubus fruticosus agg. - Dryopteris dilitata subcommunity
• the Acer pseudoplatanus - Sambucus nigra subcommunity
• the Ammophila arenaria subcommunity

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