British NVC community OV27 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 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. ==Subcommunities==
Subcommunities
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''' ==References==