Last week we began the inventory and valorization of grasslands under the management of the Agroecological Station in Kosewo Górne. A team of botanists took about 150 vegetation inventories and about 50 phytosociological photos to document the condition of the grasslands that are to enter the agro-environmental-climate program resource. The agri-environment-climate program are interventions within the framework of the Strategic Plan for the Common Agricultural Policy 2023-2027, aimed at supporting agricultural practices that positively affect nature conservation and climate. They are a continuation of interventions from previous programming periods and include various packages under which farmers can implement commitments and receive payments. Our goal is to maintain biodiverse fresh meadows and xerothermic grasslands.

While carrying out tasks related to the inventory of the conservation status of meadows, we found the position of cross bittercress Gentiana cruciata and bologna bell Campanula bononiensis- very rare components of the flora of northeastern Poland. Unfortunately, in addition to these native peculiarities of nature, we also found stands of invasive species, including, for the first time in the vicinity of the station, the American troglodyte Asclepias syriaca - a very dangerous newcomer from North America.