I have this place in my lawn where I drive. This spring there are two stripes of the prettiest white clover you have ever seen right where the tires roll. Does clover actually like the compaction (within reason)? If so, could a pasture actually benefit from some sort of calculated compaction? Do cow pastures have more clover than sheep pastures due to the heavier animals?
I have a whole lawn of white clover. It pretty much does not grow where there is heavy compaction. Where I walk on footpaths doesn't seem to bother it at all, but I'm under 200lbs. Maybe sheep would be fine but I would think cows would be too heavy but it probably depends on the underlying soil. Where I have heavy compaction it has a lot of gravel in the soil so the plants have more resistance beneath them when they get crushed from above.
That's awesome. I don't know what soil you're in, but I doubt compaction is a beneficial element. It seems more likely to me that your tires have been dragging white clover seeds along the path and planting madly. Which is also awesome IMO.
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