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• Wet meadow — A wet meadow is a semi wetland meadow which is saturated with water throughout much of the year. Wet meadows may occur because of poor drainage or the receipt of large amounts of water from rain or melted snow. They may also occur in riparian… …   Wikipedia

• Meadow — For other uses, see Meadow (disambiguation). Meadow in full flower near Grindelwald in the Swiss Alps. Such meadows even on steep hillsides are traditionally hand mown with hay scythes in late summer A meadow is a field vegetated primarily by… …   Wikipedia

• Meadow Vole — Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) …   Wikipedia

• meadow violet — noun : a common violet (Viola cucullata) of wet or boggy land of eastern No. America with long stemmed bluish violet or occasionally white or blue and white flowers * * * meadow violet, a long stemmed violet with heart shaped leaves, commonly… …   Useful english dictionary

• Meadow reed grass — Reed Reed, n. [AS. hre[ o]d; akin to D. riet, G. riet, ried, OHG. kriot, riot.] 1. (Bot.) A name given to many tall and coarse grasses or grasslike plants, and their slender, often jointed, stems, such as the various kinds of bamboo, and… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• meadow death camas — noun : a death camas (Zygadenus venenosus) that grows chiefly in wet grassland …   Useful english dictionary

• meadow-foam — ˈ ̷ ̷(ˌ) ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : a spreading herb (Limnanthes douglasii) of wet low lying areas in the southwestern United States that is sometimes cultivated as an ornamental for its yellowish green lobed or parted succulent leaves and abundant showy… …   Useful english dictionary

• meadow rush — noun : a perennial bulrush (Scirpus atrovirens) with dark brownish green spikelets and creeping rootstocks that is a troublesome weed of wet low lying pastures of eastern No. America …   Useful english dictionary

• Water-meadow — A water meadow (also water meadow or watermeadow) is an area of grassland subject to controlled irrigation to increase agricultural productivity. Water meadows were mainly used in Europe from the 16th to the early 20th centuries. Working water… …   Wikipedia

• Flood-meadow — A flood meadow (or floodmeadow) is an area of grassland or pasture beside a river, subject to seasonal flooding. Flood meadows are distinct from water meadows in that the latter are artificially created and maintained, with flooding controlled on …   Wikipedia

• North Curry Meadow — Site of Special Scientific Interest …   Wikipedia