During the three consecutive years (2013 – 2015) we have monitored the influence of different management approaches on the botanical composition of former abandoned grassland in a mountain region of Slovakia (990 m a.s.l.). The experiment has consisted of eight treatments (including no-utilization treatment as the control) of different cutting management with fertilization applications and mulching. Due to management practices vegetation of experiment has been gradually differentiating. Divergence was detected amongst the non-utilization treatment and other utilization treatments, especially. It is based on the similarity indices of ISJ. Over the three years, the functional group of grasses dominated on grasslands fertilized with various doses of nitrogen (and phosphorus and potassium). On the contrary, legumes increased its share under phosphorus and potassium fertilization treatment especially. Common characteristics of other herbs group was significantly decrease under all utilization management treatments.