# Class 5, examples of land not suitable for grazing

Rangeland in class 5 is not suitable for grazing. Strict management is needed, e.g. protection from grazing, application of fertiliser, reclamation.

Main characters:

| Erosion spots are very conspicuous.
| Hummocks are very conspicuous.
| Grazing marks are very apparent.
| Flowers are absent.
| Standing dead is absent.
| Herbage is very scarce.

| Mire in October, vegetation is very short and hummocks and erosion spots are very conspicuous. Herbage biomass was 6 g/m2, sward height 5 cm and cover of erosion spots 24%.
| Close up of mire in September (the frame is 50 x 50 cm).
| Heathland in September, intensely grazed land with eroding hummocks. Herbage biomass was 10 g/m2, sward height 5 cm and erosion spots with 13% cover.
| Heathland in September, broken hummocks and extreme erosion. Herbage biomass was 11 g/m2, sward height 6 cm and erosion spots with 41% cover.
| Close up of heathland in September.
| Heathland in October, grassy spots are very intensely grazed, bare soil is exposed. Herbage biomass was 6 g/m2, sward height 6 cm and erosion spots with 6% cover.

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