{"id":1878,"date":"2011-06-15T16:17:27","date_gmt":"2011-06-15T15:17:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.naturearoundme.com\/contents1a\/?p=1878"},"modified":"2011-06-15T16:31:59","modified_gmt":"2011-06-15T15:31:59","slug":"wild-flowers-return-to-hay-meadow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.naturearoundme.com\/contents1a\/2011\/06\/wild-flowers-return-to-hay-meadow\/","title":{"rendered":"Wild flowers return to hay meadow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wildflower meadows are returning to the North Pennines, thanks to restoration project.<\/p>\n<p>The seven year scheme,\u00a0run by the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) Partnership, has seen the return of a number of plants including\u00a0yellow rattle, common bent, eyebright, wood crane\u2019s-bill, ragged robin and the lesser trefoil.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1880\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1880\" style=\"width: 203px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.naturearoundme.com\/contents1a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Wood-cranes-bill-low-res-NPAP.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1880\" title=\"Wood crane's-bill is one of the plants to return to the North Pennines (NPAP)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.naturearoundme.com\/contents1a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Wood-cranes-bill-low-res-NPAP-203x152.jpg\" alt=\"Wood crane's-bill is one of the plants to return to the North Pennines (NPAP)\" width=\"203\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1880\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wood crane&#39;s-bill is one of the plants to return to the North Pennines (NPAP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Funding for the project has come from the\u00a0County Durham Environment Trust and the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF).<\/p>\n<p>Seed has been harvested from hay meadows rich in wildflowers and then spread on nearby meadows which have lost their special plants.<\/p>\n<p>Ruth Starr-Keddle, the Partnership\u2019s Hay Time project officer, said: \u201cUsing special machinery, we harvest either the seed-bearing top of the hay crop or the entire crop and then spread it as \u2018green hay\u2019 on a nearby meadow&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2006 seed has been spread on 135ha of meadows across the AONB.<\/p>\n<p>The meadows found in the North Pennines are a special type, characteristic of the harsh conditions typical of hilly and mountainous regions across Europe.<\/p>\n<p>These \u2018upland\u2019 or \u2018mountain hay meadows\u2019 are now a very rare habitat with little more than 900ha thought to remain in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>The best meadows can support up to 120 different species of flowering plant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wildflower meadows are returning to the North Pennines, thanks to restoration 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