 This pastureland, which is flooded by spring tides (the Wye being a tidal river), is traditionally grazed in the summer months.Mud rush, meadow barley, red fescue, marsh foxtail and the nationally rare bulbous foxtail flourish in the pasture.There is a variety of saltmarsh plants such as sea arrowgrass, sea milkwort, sea aster, greater sea-spurrey, and lesser sea-spurrey.