Countryside Stewardship
GS8 Creation of species-rich Grassland
The species-rich GS8 seed mix contains a range of legumes, grasses and flowering plants for use in establishing a priority grassland in less fertile soils
These grasslands can include ditches, drains, rivers, paths and grazed woodland. It benefits important species bees, butterflies, hoverflies and moths, birds and bats.
Product overview
GS8 Creation of Species-Rich Grassland establishes a priority grassland comprising a range of important plant species.
Countryside Stewardship GS8
The GS8 seed mix also benefits priority species including pollinators such as bees, butterflies, hoverflies and moths, plus birds and bats.
GS8 Creation of Species-Rich Grassland mix example
A species-rich grassland mix containing a range of legumes, grasses and flowering plants:
- Timothy
- Perennial Ryegrass Late Tetraploid
- Perennial Ryegrass Intermediate Diploid
- Soft Leafed Tall Fescue
- Sheeps Fescue
- Cocksfoot
- Lucerene
- Plantain
- Yarrow
- Agricultural Sheeps Parsley
- Agricultural Burnet
- Birdsfoot Trefoil
- Wild Carrot
- Red Clover
- White Clover Medium Leaved
The following features may be included in a species-rich grassland:
- Ditches, dykes, drains, rivers and streams less than 4 m wide
- Temporary water
- Permanent water less than or equal to 0.1 ha*
- Natural, unsurfaced roads, tracks, paths and bridleways (as long as the other requirements are met)
- Bracken
- Scree, rock outcrops and boulders up to 0.1 ha
- Grazed woodland and scrub with grass underneath that livestock can access*
- Small areas of other habitat types, such as reedbeds*
*At the discretion of Natural England