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Lowland meadow
National lead organisation: Natural England
Local lead organisation: The Wildlife Trust
Lowland meadows include most types of species-rich grassland on neutral soils. For this reason they are also called neutral grasslands. They are often found in recreational sites, churchyards and roadside verges. Many are cut for hay but some are also grazed.
Lowland meadows in Bedfordshire and LutonLittle is known about our lowland meadow habitats. Most of the county’s neutral grasslands have been fertilised. Good, species-rich meadows need poor soils, so fertiliser lowers the habitat quality. Good lowland meadows can be found north and east of Luton, and in the Ouse valley west of Bedford.
Check out these links to learn more about lowland meadow:
National action plan for lowland meadow
Bedfordshire &
Luton action plan for lowland meadow
BBC Science and Nature: wildflower meadow Lowland grassland management handbook (Natural England, The Wildlife Trusts, CCW and SNH) Illustrated guide to grassland condition: neutral grasslands for plants and animals (Natural England) Horses, grasslands and nature conservation (Natural England) The importance of livestock grazing for nature conservation (Natural England)
Conservation grazing (Wildlife Trust
for Beds, Cambs, Northants and Peterborough)
The effects of horse grazing on species-rich grasslands (Natural England) Use of farmyard manure on semi-natural (meadow) grasslands (Natural England)
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