ABSTRACT
A grassed clay dike revetment is one of the types of revetments used with the aim of preventing erosion of a dike by breaking waves. In fact it is, measured as dike surface area, the type of revetment which is applied most. On a suitable clay layer the active construction of a grass cover is not really necessary. Good accompanying of the natural evolution is fundamentally sufficient. If the spontaneously growing vegetation is mowed and removed once or twice a year, the growing of woody plant species will be prevented and the result will be a grassland consisting of grasses and forbs.
