The same with scything meadows. Apparently if you let a meadow uncut, the plant/biodiversity rapidly declines. Anecdotally I've found this to be true, my grand

The same with scything meadows. Apparently if you let a meadow uncut, the plant/biodiversity rapidly declines. Anecdotally I've found this to be true, my grandparents had mountain meadows that they didn't harvest for tens of years and indeed, the hay there seems to be almost "monocrop" compared to the ones that are harvested.