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Plantlife Biodiversity Consultants: Grassland Course, Neutral Grassland, Wiltshire

Join the Plantlife Biodiversity Consultants team for a day of understanding plant communities of neutral grassland.

Date
20 May 2026
Time
10:00 – 15:30
£117.72

Join ecologist and field botanist Sam Braine, for this course aimed at people who survey, assess and manage grasslands and who have some basic botanical identification skills. 

Sam has 9 years of professional consultancy experience, and leads Plantlife’s Biodiversity Consultancy. He is accredited to FISC Level 5 in vascular plant identification and is passionate about sharing botanical knowledge.  

What Does the Course Cover?

This course covers neutral grassland and is delivered in 2 parts. The first will be a recording to watch in advance that will introduce neutral grasslands. The second part of the course will be an in-person training session looking at neutral grasslands in the field.

These will include:

  • An introduction to neutral grasslands 
  • Geology and soils 
  • Broad geographic distribution  
  • Habitat descriptions and definitions 
  • Identification of key indicator species for neutral grasslands 
  • Neutral grassland plant communities and what they can tells us about the land  

What You Will Get Out of the Course:

  • Understand what defines neutral grasslands 
  • Be able to identify key indicator species for neutral grasslands, including grasses, sedges and rushes 
  • Be able to recognise different types of neutral grasslands 
  • Understand the conditions and landscape context of neutral grasslands