Description: LIFE+ - Allianz f?r Borstgrasrasen - Ein Projekt der Biologischen Station im Kreis Euskirchen e.V.
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For a long time Nardus grasslands formed the landscape of the Eifel
Originally arisen on nutrient-poor, acid, dry to humid locations as a result of extensive agricultural use, nowadays these habitats are extremely rare. Changes of agriculture have contributed to this. Areas are not used any more and are left fallow or are fertilized and used more intensively. Many of the areas have been reafforested – most of them with conifers. Within the European network of nature reserves called NATURA2000 the remaining Nardus grasslands are secured for a permanent conservation of the