During sheep grazing on the island in the Cep II sand pit this year, we realized that the sheep don't like the vegetation that much. We have therefore chosen a radical approach and mow the whole island, cut down small Pine trees and rakes litter and mosses out. Hopefully we ensure more juicy and tasty vegetation for the next year.
We learned two important things from this experiment: 1) there is only one suitable donor locality for psamophytic vegetation - Vlkov sand dune. Lužnice terraces from which we also took biomass are already too mesophilous. 2) Transferred biomass should be dispersed in very thin layer. If the layer is too thick, it helps expansion of competitively strong mosses.
