Calcareous grassland at river Große Lauter. The heath is legally protected by Naturschutzgebiet. The protection and sheep grazing maintain the typical heath character of this place of the Swabian Alb. Sufficient sheep keeping can only be maintained by funding of the State of Baden-Württemberg. Remarkable are the tiny borders of shrubs and bushes between meadows, habitats for many small animal species, such biotopes become more and more rare.