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Chalk grassland, lowland heaths, peat bogs, dune slacks, moorland and wetland margins need managing to retain their particular characteristics. This often means cutting back and removing young bushes and saplings - known as scrub clearance. Encroaching scrub should be controlled when it will eventually destroy a much rarer habitat through shading and changing soil conditions. In many cases once species are lost they cannot recolonise because there are no nearby sources of new populations. However scrub is an important habitat in some areas such as woodland edges and parts of grasslands, and should not be cleared as a matter of course. All content copyright © 1986-2008 BTCV Ltd. Registered charity No. 261009 |
