The following is the list of the 286 plant communities which comprise the British National Vegetation Classification (NVC).
These are grouped by major habitat category, as used in the five volumes of British Plant Communities, the standard work describing the NVC.
For an article summarising these communities see Mesotrophic grasslands in the British National Vegetation Classification system.
For an article summarising these communities see Calcicolous grasslands in the British National Vegetation Classification system.
For an article summarising these communities see Swamps and tall-herb fens in the British National Vegetation Classification system.