Vegetation of open habitats in the British National Vegetation Classification system

This article gives an overview of the plant communities formed by vegetation of open habitats in the British National Vegetation Classification system.
Introduction.
The open habitat communities of the NVC were described in Volume 5 of "British Plant Communities", first published in 2000, along with the three groups of maritime communities (shingle, strandline and sand-dune communities, salt-marsh communities and maritime cliff communities).
In total, 42 open habitat communities have been identified.
The open habitat communities consist of eight separate subgroups:
List of open habitat communities.
The following is a list of the communities that make up this category: