Resources

The Partnership has produced a number of documents and publications, and are starting to compile relevant documents that have been published by others. These are broken down here by subject, and are also linked throughout the website in the relevant sections.

Research Documents

• Living With Environmental Change (LWEC document)- Improving urban grassland for people and wildlife
• Ecohydrological Guidelines for Lowland Wetland Plant Communities
• The Water Regime Requirements and the response to Hydrological Change of Grassland Plant Communities
• Impact of summer flooding on floodplain biopersity via nutrient deposition (NERC urgency report)
• The conservation of floodplain meadows in Great Britain: an overview
• A review of the ecology, hydrology and nutrient dynamics of floodplain meadows in England (2002)
• Water Regime Requirements of the Native Flora with particular reference to ESA's
• Response of grassland plant communities to altered hydrological management (BD1321)
• Appendices

Floodplain Meadows Partnership Brochures and Articles

• Introduction to the Floodplain Meadows Partnership (Brochure community)
• Fritillary leaflet.
• non-chemical control of marsh ragwort.
• Download an article about when to cut a meadow
• Download an article about what to do about hay cutting in a wet summer
• how plants respond to water regime changes, and the science behind our understanding of this relationship.

Floodplain Meadows Partnership Protocols

• Botanical Monitoring Protocol
• Hydrological Monitoring protocol
• How to make your own buzzing stick
• Protocol for taking a hay sample for nutrient analysis

Environment Agency Guidance on monitoring water levels

• Environment Agency consenting guidelines for water level management
• Environment Agency guidance on monitoring water levels

Natural England Technical Information Notes (TIN's)

• TIN035 Soil sampling for habitat recreation and restoration
• TIN036 Soil and agri-environment schemes: interpretation of soil analysis
• TIN037 Soil texture
• TIN038 Seed sources for grassland restoration and re-creation in Environmental Stewardship
• TIN060 The use of yellow rattle to facilitate grassland persification
• TIN061 Sward enhancement: selection of suitable sites
• TIN062 Sward enhancement: choice of methods
• TIN063 Sward enhancement: persifying grassland by spreading species-rich green
• TIN064 Sward enhancement: persifying grassland by oversowing and slot seeding
• TIN065 Sward enhancement: persifying grassland using pot-grown wildflowers or seedling plugs
• TIN067 Arable reversion to species-rich grassland: establishing a sown sward
• TIN068 Arable reversion to species-rich grassland: early management of the new sward

Historical documents

• A history of Hemingford Grey Meadow by Bridget Smith
• Oxford Meads: A long term study by Alison McDonald
• Wombwell Ings: A study by John Rodwell
• Portholme Meadow Brampton Parish History and Natural History by Pat Doody
• Floodplain meadows in Henry V

Useful keys

• Key for soil texturing by hand
• Plant species list
• Plant table
• plant grid

Historical Activities:

Conference 2014

See our facebook page for some photos from the event and Mikes website http://www.amanita-photolibrary.co.uk/photo_library/HTML_conference/index.htm.

Information provided as part of the conference pack

Posters

Presentations

The following presentations have been made available as pdf files by kind permission of the authors.

David Gowing Inaugural lecture (2011)

Professor David Gowing (The Floodplain Meadows Partnership Director) presented his inaugural lecture on 20th September 2011, entitled 'Floodplain Meadows: diversity, function and heritage'. This lecture is available to view if you follow this link http://stadium.open.ac.uk/stadia/preview.php?whichevent=1737&s=1

Photo credit: Mike Dodd

Floodplain Meadows Conference 2010

Presentations