The Study on Vegetation Management by Mowing on the Sasa senanensis Dominant Communities for the Purpose of Wildflower-habitat Conservation

Abstract

(1) For five years plant succesion on the non mowing divisions proceeded as a result of Sasa senanensis and other woody plants were slowly and certainly growing.
(2) The best season of mowing to remove Sasa senanensis was from the middle of July to early September. In the early August mowing divisions, the plant growth was most efficaciously declined.
(3) If the wild flower communities existed the best time of mowing was early June or after the middle of September. Degree of plant damages by mowing and flowering seasons were different with species, so we must consider the present and view vegetation to manage the wild flower communities.