Here’s a couple of “before and after” pics showing the new flush of growth where I mowed some of the other areas back in May compared to the older growth. The idea now is that I go out there probably after this rain moves through and set some more of the tall stuff (not the already mowed sections) back and hit the reset button on it so another new flush comes up in a couple weeks when it starts recovering. This area has really increased in the amount of goldenrod this year for whatever reason. The deer browse it moderately. There's still a good bit of dewberry present in it too which the deer browse across many. many months including during the winter.

Goldenrod:
https://www.honeybeesuite.com/goldenrod-a-late-summer-feast-for-the-bees/