British NVC community W13
# British NVC community W13

NVC community W13 (Taxus baccata woodland), also known as Yew woodland, is one of the woodland communities in the British National Vegetation Classification system; it is the only Yew woodland community in the NVC.

This is a very localised community. There are two subcommunities:

## Community composition

Only one constant species is found in this community, Yew (Taxus baccata).

A single rare species, European Box (Buxus sempervirens) is also associated with the community.

## Distribution

This community is almost wholly confined to chalk sites on the North and South Downs in southern England.

## Subcommunities

There are two subcommunities:

* the Sorbus aria subcommunity
* the Mercurialis perennis subcommunity
