Controlling invasive willow Salix spp. on wet grassland by grazing with Hebridean sheep, Kingfishers Bridge, Cambridgeshire, England
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Published source details
Gulickx M.M.C., Beecroft R.C. & Green A.C. (2007) Controlling invasive willow Salix spp. on wet grassland by grazing with Hebridean sheep, Kingfishers Bridge, Cambridgeshire, England. Conservation Evidence, 4, 33-34.
Published source details Gulickx M.M.C., Beecroft R.C. & Green A.C. (2007) Controlling invasive willow Salix spp. on wet grassland by grazing with Hebridean sheep, Kingfishers Bridge, Cambridgeshire, England. Conservation Evidence, 4, 33-34.
Summary
On recently created wet grassland at a site in eastern England, willow Salix spp. was invading. It was cut then 30 adult female Hebridean sheep and a Texel ram were introduced to control any regrowth. The sheep have kept the site clear of both newly sprouting willow shoots and willow seedlings.
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