Floodplain Meadows - monitoring, and factors affecting plant communities

The course will cover factors affecting floodplain meadow plant communities and how communities respond to these, such as hydrology and flooding, soils and nutrient loading; monitoring techniques for environmental factors including dipwells; an overview of habitat management (grassland, water management); an overview of the recent reclassification of floodplain plant communities.

There will NOT be an opportunity for identification of plants or their communities; the day will include a site visit. Examples will be drawn from sites monitored by the course leaders and by the Floodplain Meadows Partnership.

Please bring clean boots (wellies preferable) for the field visit.

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