NVC community W8 (Fraxinus excelsior - Acer campestre - Mercurialis perennis woodland) is one of the woodland communities in the British National Vegetation Classification system.
It is one of the six communities falling in the "mixed deciduous and oak/birch woodlands" group.
This is a widely distributed community.
There are seven subcommunities.
Six constant species are found in this community: The following rare species are also associated with the community: This community is widespread throughout lowland Britain, becoming scarcer in the north and west, where it is replaced by community W9.