Images Dated 30th May 2010

Country road leading through meadows, Davit Gareja, Georgia

Meadows are of ecological importance because they are open, sunny areas that attract and support flora and fauna that couldnt thrive in other conditions. Meadows may be naturally occurring or artificially created from cleared shrub or woodland. They often host a multitude of wildlife, providing areas for courtship displays, nesting, food gathering and sometimes sheltering if the vegetation is high enough. Many meadows support a wide array of wildflowers, which makes them of utmost importance to insects like bees and other pollinating insects, and hence the entire ecosystem

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