Transitional moor in the Wittenhorster Heide

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Coordinates: 51 ° 43 ′ 39 ″  N , 6 ° 29 ′ 8 ″  E

Relief map: North Rhine-Westphalia
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Transitional moor in the Wittenhorster Heide​
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North Rhine-Westphalia

Transitional moor in the Wittenhorster Heide is a nature reserve in the area of ​​the city of Rees in the district of Mehr in the Kleve district in North Rhine-Westphalia .

meaning

The transition moor nature reserve in the Wittenhorster Heide is located in the east of Rees and was designated in 1992. With a size of 9.1 hectares, it is the smallest area managed by the Kleve Nature Conservation Center.

Characteristic elements of the landscape are forest, poor pastures and a very small transition moor . But despite its small size, some floristic rarities from the Kleve district can be found here . A number of species, some of which are highly endangered, grow on the moor , such as rosemary heather ( Andromeda polifolia ), mud sedge ( Carex limosa ), round-leaved sundew ( Drosera rotundifolia ), narrow-leaved cottongrass ( Eriophorum angustifolium ) or fever clover ( Menyanthes trifoliata ) .

In the north of the nature reserve, a poor pasture is grazed by two Tyrolean gray cattle for a large part of the year in order to preserve the wealth of herbs. Typical species include the sorrel ( Rumex acetosella ), the hawkweed ( Hieracium pilosella ) and the sand sedge ( Carex arenaria ).

Most of the nature reserve is covered by forest, which is no longer used economically. A large amount of dead wood and old trees provide through caves species such as the Natterer's bat ( Myotis nattereri ), Noctules and the common pipistrelle ( Pipistrellus pipistrellus ) a major retreat.

Protection goal

The protection designation serves the preservation of communities and habitats of wild plants and wild animal species, the preservation of the nutrient-poor transitional moor as well as the wooded inland dune , in particular for geological and cultural reasons.

The occurrence of the spotted darter is one of the largest in the area of ​​the lower Lower Rhine . In addition to the biodiversity of plants from the Red List species occurring in the area , the area is particularly valuable for amphibians , aquatic insects, dragonflies and endangered plant communities.

The protected area is at risk from lowering of the groundwater level , eutrophication and bush encroachment as undesirable succession .

Protection goals and measures are the creation of sufficiently large buffer zones to avoid or minimize nutrient inputs through long-term extensification of the agricultural areas, the addition of a forest cover to the existing forest and the avoidance of bushes through the regular removal of woody plants.

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