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Site name Reason for designation Area Grid reference [B] Year in which notified Map [C] Biological interest Geological interest Hectares Acres Aller and Beer Woods Y 56.9 140.6 ST404305 1952 Map Aller Hill Y 18.4 45.4 ST408291 1988 Map Asham Wood Y 141.6 347.5 ST705460 1963 Map Axbridge Hill and Fry's Hill Y 67.1 160.1 ST433555 1990 Map Babcary Meadows Y 13.6 31.6 ST567293 1988 Map River Barle ...
Mats of salt hay grass are inhabited by many small animals and are an important food source for ducks and seaside sparrows. Newburyport Meadows, c. 1872–1878, by Martin Johnson Heade Sporobolus pumilus in a high marsh area. Saltmeadow cordgrass marshes serve as pollution filters and as buffers against flooding and shoreline erosion.
A hay meadow is an area of land set aside for the production of hay.In Britain hay meadows are typically meadows with high botanical diversity supporting a diverse assemblage of organisms ranging from soil microbes, fungi, arthropods including many insects through to small mammals such as voles and their predators, and up to insectivorous birds and bats.
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Hay or grass is the foundation of the diet for all grazing animals, and can provide as much as 100% of the fodder required for an animal. Hay is usually fed to an animal during times when winter, drought, or other conditions make pasture unavailable. Animals that can eat hay vary in the types of grasses suitable for consumption, the ways they ...
The meadow hay is cut and removed to encourage the growth introduced wild flowers. [8] The seed, which is short-lived, is sown in the autumn, using seed harvested that year. [20] The seeds have to remain on or under the ground throughout the cold months of winter in order to germinate in the spring. [5]
Tree hay was most commonly harvested in the summer, possibly dried and stored until the hay was fed to the livestock in the winter. Cutting and drying methods varied per region, but a common practice was the bundling of 60 to 200 cm long twigs held together with twisted twigs of willow or hazel .
A Hay Lot marker stone as found in the North Meadow, Cricklade, United Kingdom. A Hay Lot is a portion of common land used for haymaking and assigned by lot or allotment. Traditionally a marker, usually of stone, was used in early agriculture to mark the position of an individual hay lot within a hay meadow. The marker stone would typically ...