plas-dras
Appearance
Dutch
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From plas (“pool, body of shallow water”) + dras (“marshy, boggy (adjective)”).
Noun
[edit]plas-dras c (plural plas-drassen, diminutive plas-drasje n)
- (ecology) wet, swampy grassland, usually pastures where the water table is close to the surface, which is well suited for grassland wader birds
- Beschermde inheemse weidevogels zoals grutto's en lepelaars profiteren van de aanwezigheid van plas-dras.
- Protected native pasture birds such as godwits and spoonbills profit from the presence of swampy pastures.
Further reading
[edit]- plas-dras on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl