This has produced areas of moor grass, cross-leaved heath and cottongrass.
The higher, sandy podsol soils supported extensive areas of heath until the 18th century.
The Amrum forest was mainly planted in 1948 on an area of heath.
A group of them were converging on a certain crossroads in an area of heath.
The summit of Great Hill has a small area of lowland heath.
As a result the area of heath was drastically reduced.
Kampen, a quiet hamlet in an area of heath, was only tardily discovered by tourists.
In addition, large areas of heath were reforested with fast-growing pines.
Smaller areas of wet heath, woodland and scrub add to the interest.
The site has one of the most extensive areas of dry heath in northern England.