According to the old tradition, on Easter Monday Kashubian (Northern Poland) boys chase girls whipping their legs gently with juniper twigs.
It consists of undulating heath with scattered trees and juniper vegetation.
Juniperus communis | Juniperus virginiana | Juniperus procera | Ferula communis | Juniperus deppeana | Juniperus bermudiana | Pashtun Juniper (''Juniperus macropoda'') | Commelina communis | The hardy ''Juniperus bermudiana | Pyrgus communis | Panorpa communis | Macrozamia communis | Knema communis | Juniperus occidentalis | ''Juniperus communis'' subsp. ''alpina'', in Vitosha | Juniperus californica | Amara communis |
Tradition says, in all different variants, that the Caballucos del Diablu (Damselflies, literally "Devil's little horses") and the witches lose their powers after dusk and the curanderos gain control over them; plants as the four-leaf clover, the fruit of the elder berry, the leaves of the willow, the common juniper or the tree heath among others cure and bring happiness if they are collected at dawn.
It also includes plants which can tolerate both acidic and basic conditions, such as common bent (Agrostis capillaris), wood sage (Teucrium scorodonia) and sometimes juniper (Juniperus communis).
This zone is mostly used for agriculture, but studies say Mastic (Pistacia lentiscus), Common Juniper (Juniperus communis), (Aristolochia baetica) and Mediterranean Smilax or Common Smilax (Smilax aspera) would normally grow here.
The Gessner garden shows 50 medicinal plants (herbs and shrubs), used by 16th century's healers, each with a citation of a healer from that period, such as Cynara cardunculus, Potentilla erecta, Linum usitatissimum, Paeonia officinalis, Silybum marianum, Juniperus communis, Fragaria vesca, Artemisia absinthium and more.