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most part, the heath is dry and covered 
with Aira fiexuosa, Salix repens, 
Empetrum nigrum^ Vaccinium Vitis- 
Idaea, Arctostaphylos Uva-ursi, Cal- 
luna vulgaris^ and such Hchens as 
Cladonia furcata, C. rangiferina, and 
C uncinatis. At other places, there 
are heathy moors with Andromeda 
Polifolia, /uncus squarrosuSy and 
Erica Tetralix. 
By a law passed in 1894, the white 
and the black stork and all singing 
and other small birds are protected 
the whole year round. 
Several natural monuments are 
protected by the government. Vro- 
gumhede, a tract of dry heathy ground 
of 99 acres near Varde, is excluded 
from cultivation of any sort. Further, a 
number of large boulders have been 
saved as ancient monuments (fredlyst) 
because old traditions are connected 
with them. For example, Tislunde 
