Wildflower strip

A wildflower strip is a section of land set aside to grow wildflowers. These may be at the edge of a crop field to mitigate agricultural intensification and monoculture; along road medians and verges; or in parkland or other open spaces such as the Coronation Meadows. Such strips are an attractive amenity and may also improve biodiversity, conserving birds, insects and other wildlife.[1][2][3][4]

A wildflower strip at Pensthorpe
A flowering strip with cornflower dominance between cereal fields as a field trial in Germany

References
  1. Ganser, Dominik; Mayr, Barbara; Albrecht, Matthias; Knop, Eva (December 2018), "Wildflower strips enhance pollination in adjacent strawberry crops at the small scale", Ecology and Evolution, 8 (23): 11775–11784, doi:10.1002/ece3.4631, ISSN 2045-7758
  2. Grass, Ingo; Albrecht, Jörg; Farwig, Nina; Jauker, Frank (1 December 2021), "Plant traits and landscape simplification drive intraspecific trait diversity of Bombus terrestris in wildflower plantings", Basic and Applied Ecology, 57: 91–101, doi:10.1016/j.baae.2021.10.002, ISSN 1439-1791
  3. Haaland, Christine; Naisbit, Russell E.; Bersier, Louis-Félix (2011), "Sown wildflower strips for insect conservation: a review", Insect Conservation and Diversity, 4 (1): 60–80, doi:10.1111/j.1752-4598.2010.00098.x, ISSN 1752-4598
  4. Schmidt, Annika; Fartmann, Thomas; Kiehl, Kathrin; Kirmer, Anita; Tischew, Sabine (1 February 2022), "Effects of perennial wildflower strips and landscape structure on birds in intensively farmed agricultural landscapes", Basic and Applied Ecology, 58: 15–25, doi:10.1016/j.baae.2021.10.005, ISSN 1439-1791
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