Soil seedbank experiment

In the beginning of March, Liis and Elisabeth sowed over 150 samples of soil seedbank in our department greenhouse. Samples were collected last summer from the areas of restoration project ’Life to alvars’, to see whether there is any viable seeds of characteristic grassland species in the soil, especially on the sites which are strongly overgrown with junipers and pines. Restoration of species-rich grassland communities would be faster if there are still viable seeds present in the soil.