Young Brunette Girl With Long Hair Outside On The Meadow With A Hat

In North America prior to European colonization, Algonquian, Iroquois and other Native American people regularly cleared areas of forest to create transitional meadows where deer could find nutrition and be hunted. Many places named "Deerfield" are located at sites where Native Americans once practised this form of land management.
Perpetual meadow
A perpetual meadow is one in which environmental factors restrict the growth of woody plants indefinitely. For example: