Horns Kungsgård

The original village of Degerhorn was emptied out by Gustav Vasa and the farmers forced out in the 1550s; in its stead he built a model farm which also produced for the royal stores at a time when the entire island was a royal hunting domain.[2] Horns Kungsgård was incorporated as a non-profit in 1979 and expanded in 2001, and is one of the protected areas of the Natura 2000 network.The coastline has cliffs, and the land has limestone areas interspersed with wetlands and hardwood forests, besides pastures and hay fields.The Skogsgärdesängen area is rich in orchids (including Anacamptis pyramidalis, Gymnadenia conopsea, and Dactylorhiza maculata), and the forests and the lake support rich bird life, including ospreys, Caspian terns, great crested grebes, and Eurasian bitterns.This article about a location in Kalmar County, Sweden is a stub.
Dactylorhiza maculata , detail
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