Meadow Grass Economic Importance. Nordlund Koch Barbier Creed 2016 but this is not acknowledged in the policy designed to protect and enhance marine resources particularly fisheries. Seagrass meadows are important for seafood supply through the fisheries that they support Kritzer et al 2016.
They have been grown as food for domesticated animals for up to 6000 years and the grains of grasses such as wheat rice maize corn and barley have been the most important human food crops. With our rapidly expanding global population driving increasing demand for protein sourced from the sea maximizing. Seagrass Ecosystem Interactions with Social and Economic Systems Jackson EL1 Langmead O1 Beaumont N2 Potts T3 and Hattam C2 1 The Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom Citadel Hill Plymouth PL1 2PB 2 Plymouth Marine Laboratory Prospect Place The Hoe Plymouth PL1 3DH 3 Scottish Association for Marine Science SAMS Scottish Marine Institute Oban Argyll PA37.
Designated no-mow turf grass areas provide environmental economic benefits.
Meadows form crucial habitats a single healthy meadow can be home to over 100 species of wild flowers and grasses not to mention the array of wildlife that live and feed from it. Adding even a small area of native wildflowers and meadow grasses to your property provides habitat for pollinators birds and other wildlife serves as an infiltration area for storm water and prevents soil erosion making them valuable components of sustainable landscapes. Meadow foxtail Alopecurus pratensis Meadow foxtail grows in dense tufts and its fluffy cylindrical flower-head is one of the easiest ways to identify this grass. Theres no need for any of the extra nitrogen potassium or phosphorus required to keep grass.