The approximate corresponding National Vegetation Classification(s) (NVC) to
"High montane heath and snow bed":

CG12 Festuca ovina-Alchemilla alpina-Silene acaulis dwarf-herb community
U7 Nardus stricta-Carex bigelowii grass-heath
U8 Carex bigelowii-Polytrichum alpinum sedge-heath
U9 Juncus trifidus-Racomitrium lanuginosum rush-heath
U10 Carex bigelowii-Racomitrium lanuginosum moss-heath
U11 Polytrichum sexangulare-Kiaeria starkei snow-bed
U12 Salix herbacea-Racomitrium heterostichum snow-bed
U13 Deschampsia cespitosa-Galium saxatile grassland
U14 Alchemilla alpina-Sibbaldia procumbens dwarf-herb community

The NVC divides communities broadly acccording to habitat, using a letter shorthand to indicate the general habitat type:

  • A = water,
  • CG = calcareous grassland,
  • H = heath,
  • M = mire,
  • MC = maritime cliff,
  • MG = mesotrophic grassland (moderately fertile soil),
  • OV = open vegetation,
  • S = swamp,
  • SD = sand dune,
  • SM = salt marsh,
  • U = upland, and
  • W = wood.

There are 286 communities that are listed here. Sub-communities have not been included. JNCC 2017.