“This vast grassy bowl in the centre of campus has been managed as a wildflower meadow for some years now. As acid grassland, it does not have high proportion of broadleaved flowering species but is nevertheless very attractive in early summer with the many and varied grass flowers. It is cut each year in early July for a hay crop. Over the years of this treatment, the number of species of wildflower has considerably increased along with the other wildlife that the meadow supports.”
Thursday, September 27, 2007
The Downs, University Park Campus
“This vast grassy bowl in the centre of campus has been managed as a wildflower meadow for some years now. As acid grassland, it does not have high proportion of broadleaved flowering species but is nevertheless very attractive in early summer with the many and varied grass flowers. It is cut each year in early July for a hay crop. Over the years of this treatment, the number of species of wildflower has considerably increased along with the other wildlife that the meadow supports.”
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