Grasslands are habitats dominated by grasses and herbaceous plants and where suitable rushes and sedges can also be found.

Within the Trust's Biodiversity Action Plan there are two grassland habitat types

• Purple Moor Grass and Rush Pasture
• Lowland Meadow

Grasslands are important habitats for wild flowers and fauna. They support diverse communities including birds, insects and mammals.

Around the reservoirs you'll find amenity (improved) grassland in public areas. But away from the main congregation points the grasslands tend to be unimproved (completely wild), or semi-natural, where the plant communities are natural but their maintenance depends upon grazing or cutting regimes.