Broom heather
Besenginsterheide ( Rubo plicati-Sarothamnetum ) is a form of heather that is typical of the Eifel , the Sauerland and the Rhenish Slate Mountains .
The emergence of the broom heather goes on a certain agricultural crop rotation , the so-called field-Heide-changing economy back. Her use of land alternated as arable land and pasture. The land was mostly in the outer corridors and was used as common land for pasture for cattle for 12 to 40 years . After that, the land was parceled out and used for arable farming for a period of two to three years. To prepare the mostly very poor soils, the surface was plowed , the vegetation on the bushes chopped off and burned together with the pests. The ashes were used to fertilize the land, on which rye could be grown for a year and oats for one to two years. The area was then returned to the common land and used extensively as pasture.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information on plant communities - Besenginsterheide. In: FloraWeb - data and information on wild plants and vegetation in Germany. Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, accessed on May 24, 2015 .