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Sauchie is the immediate northern neighbour of Alloa, separated by the A908 but sharing the FK10 postcode and much of the same forage landscape. The town's residential streets back directly onto the lower Ochil slopes, with open rough grassland, hawthorn scrub and gorse accessible within a short distance of most properties. The Forthbank Stadium grounds and the amenity land around Sauchie Colliery reclamation site carry wildflower grassland that supports bumble bees and honeybees through the summer. The Forth floodplain oilseed rape is visible and accessible from apiaries on the south side of the town.

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.