Resources
Creating and managing grasslands:
- Urban-grassland-and-verge-guidelines - How can you help local wildlife to thrive?
- How to create a meadow - Plantlife
- Hay meadow and pasture management - Save our magnificent meadows
- Example of a simple wildflower survey (2 page leaflet) - Save our magnificent meadows
Grassland species identification and advice
- Yellow rattle advice leaflet - Naturescape
- Ragwort advice poster - Butterfly Conservation
- Waxcaps in grasslands - Save our magnificent meadows
- Waxcaps in grasslands fungi guide poster - Plantlife
- Anthills in grassland restoration - a study by Tim King (University of Oxford)
Grassland Descriptions:
- How to identify different types of grassland - Save our magnificent meadows
- Lowland Meadows and Floodplain Grazing Marsh.doc
- Lowland Calcareous Grassland.doc
- Lowland Heathland and Lowland Dry Acid Grassland.doc
Scientific papers:
- 'Colonization of grassland by sown species: dispersal versus microsite limitation in responses to management' S.Coulson et al. 2021 - Journal of Applied Ecology
- 'Green hay transfer for grassland restoration: species capture and establishment' M.Wagner et al. 2020 - Society for Ecological Restoration
.jpg){kind=small}