Flood-meadow

A flood-meadow (or floodmeadow) is an area of grassland or pasture beside a river, subject to seasonal flooding.^[1] Flood-meadows are distinct from water-meadows in that the latter are artificially created and maintained, with flooding controlled^[2] on a seasonal and even daily basis.

Flood-meadow near Hohenau an der March

The same meadow in spring

Examples

Kasari flood-meadow in early spring. Matsalu National Park, Estonia

Austria:

• Hohenau an der March

Bosnia and Herzegovina:

• List of karst polje in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Estonia:

• Emajõe flood-meadow
• Kasari, Matsalu National Park

Finland:

• Mattholmsfladan, Pargas
• Levänluhta, Isokyrö

Ireland:

• Shannon Callows

United Kingdom:

• Angel & Greyhound Meadow, Oxford
• Christchurch Meadows, Reading
• Christ Church Meadow, Oxford
• Mill Meadows, Henley-on-Thames
• Port Meadow, Oxford
• Mottey Meadows, Staffordshire^[2]
• Riverside Park, St Neots, Cambridgeshire

References

1. Huhta, Ari‐Pekka, Rautio, Pasi (2014). Flood meadows in Finland - their development during the past century. Nordic Journal of Botany 32 (6): 858–70
2. Emma Rothero, Sophie Lake, David Gowing, eds. Floodplain Meadows – Beauty and Utility: A Technical Handbook Archived 2022-12-24 at the Wayback Machine (Floodplain Meadows Partnership; 2016)

See also

• Wetlands portal

• Coastal plain
• Field
• Flooded grasslands and savannas
• Plain
• Prairie
• Riparian zone
• Wet meadow
• Floodplain
• Berm