Hülstenholter Juniper Heath

This area of just 0.7 hectares is just one of three nature reserves with juniper heaths in the Borken district. Now at the beginning of June, a very intense scent of juniper heath was perceptible.

"... The Hülstenholter Wacholderheide nature reserve is located in the municipality of Reken in the district of Borken in North Rhine-Westphalia.
The area extends south-east of the core town of Reken. ..."
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%BClstenholter_Wacholderheide

"... Juniper heath is a general term for heath-like biotope types in which - regardless of the plant communities occurring there - the juniper characterizes the landscape. Characteristic plant communities can be, for example, nutrient-poor or dry grassland, semi-arid grassland or dwarf shrub heathland.
Juniper heaths stand on dry, nutrient-poor, mostly remote and steep locations that rarely allow any other use than grazing. They were created in the last centuries by sheep and goat grazing or cattle grazing. The browsing by sheep, goats and cattle has kept all tasty plants short. Prickly plants such as juniper, silver thistle, pasque flowers or the poisonous milkweed were spared by the sheep. In addition to the occurrence of numerous plant species, juniper heaths are characterized by a wealth of insects, especially butterflies. Bird species such as the woodlark also occur (but only in the lowlands such as the Lüneburg Heath). Juniper heaths are the most species-rich biotopes in Central Europe. ..."
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wacholdheide