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meadow near Bovill, Idaho ]] A meadow is a Habitat of rolling or flat Terrain where Grass es predominate. Typically, what is called a meadow has more Biodiversity than a Grassland as the former contains not only grasses but a significant variety of Annual , Biennial and Perennial Plants . TRANSITIONAL MEADOWS A transitional meadow occurs when a Field , Pasture , Farmland , or other cleared land is no longer Farmed or heavily Grazed and starts to overgrow. Once meadow conditions are achieved, however, the condition is only temporary because the early colonizers will be shaded out when Woody Plant s become well-established. In North America prior to European Colonization , Algonquian , Iroquois and other Native American people regularly cleared areas of forest to create transitional meadows where Deer could find Nutrition and be Hunted . Many places named " Deerfield " are located at sites where Native Americans once practiced this form of Land Management . PERPETUAL MEADOW A perpetual meadow is one in which environmental factors restrict the growth of woody plants indefinitely. For example:
USAGE IN ENGLAND In English agriculture, the term meadow implies periodic mowing for the production of hay, whereas "pasture" is a more general term and tends to be reserved for grassland directly grazed by livestock. SEE ALSO
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