!!!Sandsteppen

Sandy Steppes, in the sand dunes of the Marchfeld Plain (Lower 
Austria) rich in limestone, today grass steppe with feather grass and 
esparto grass and rare sand flora, such as sand-strawflower, late 
feathered pink and Common Gypsophila. The sandy steppes have been 
protected against wind-borne sand drifts by reforestation since the 
18%%sup th/%  century. The "Sandberg" Mountain near 
Oberweiden is the highest and most beautiful sand dune in Austria and 
was declared a nature reserve (steppe flora) in 1959.


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