British NVC community H2
# British NVC community H2

NVC community H2 (Calluna vulgaris - Ulex minor heath) is one of the heath communities in the British National Vegetation Classification system. It is one of five communities categorised as lowland dry heaths.

It has a localised distribution in southern England. There are three subcommunities.

## Community composition

The following constant species are found in this community:

* Heather (Calluna vulgaris)
* Wavy Hair-grass (Deschampsia flexuosa)
* Bell Heather (Erica cinerea)
* Dwarf Gorse (Ulex minor)

Two rare species, Bristle Bent (Agrostis curtisii) and Hairy Greenweed (Genista pilosa), are associated with the community.

## Distribution

This community is confined to southern England, from Dorset to Surrey and Kent, with the greatest concentrations occurring in the New Forest, Hampshire.

## Subcommunities

There are three subcommunities:

* the so-called typical subcommunity
* the Vaccinium myrtillus subcommunity
* the Molinia caerulea subcommunity
