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CHANGES IN THE BOTANICAL COMPOSITION OF A SOWN PASTURE ON THE CHALK IN KENT 1956–64
Author(s) -
Wells T. C. E.
Publication year - 1967
Publication title -
grass and forage science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.716
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1365-2494
pISSN - 0142-5242
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2494.1967.tb00540.x
Subject(s) - pasture , agronomy , grazing , perennial plant , biology , weed , composition (language) , philosophy , linguistics
Changes in the cover of three grasses and two clovers sown in ploughed downland were measured annually for 8 years. Perennial ryegrass and cocksfoot were the most persistent of the sown species. Wild white clover increased in the first 3 years, but then decreased considerably, probably as a result of heavy grazing in the spring of 1960, and subsequently never recovered. Invasion by weed species and the rate of reversion of sown leys on the chalk to permanent downland is discussed.