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Kennet is a small settlement on the Forth Carse south of Clackmannan, where the low-lying arable and improved-pasture farmland stretches toward the river. The Carse fields here are among the most productive agricultural land in the county, and oilseed rape on the broader farm units gives a strong April-to-May flow in good years; white clover on the hay meadows and verges continues through June and July. The Black Devon flows within easy flight range, its margins carrying hawthorn, sycamore and elder; the older policies and shelter-belt trees of the surrounding farms provide important May forage in the otherwise open landscape.

Oilseed rape on the Forth Carse between Alloa, Tullibody and the Stirling boundary is the dominant April-to-May flow, one of the most reliable in central Scotland, and sets fast so requires prompt extraction. White clover follows on the improved lowland pastures and the amenity grasslands of the Alloa park network from June through July. Sycamore on the Devon and Black Devon valley margins and in the Ochil village gardens drives the May gap flow. Hawthorn is prolific on the lower hillside hedgerows and the field boundaries of the Carse. The Ochil Hills above Alva, Tillicoultry and Dollar carry extensive heather moorland from mid-July through September; the steep access tracks allow colonies to be moved up for a late-season heather crop. Bramble on former industrial sites around Alloa and on the Ochil lower slopes extends the summer forage into August. Himalayan balsam is establishing along the Devon Water corridor. Ivy on the older sandstone buildings of Alloa and Clackmannan closes the calendar in October.