Bohemian Forest Mill Valleys (European Protected Area)
The Natura 2000 European protected area Böhmerwald-Mühltäler is an FFH area in the Rohrbach district in northern Upper Austria.
location
The European protected area includes most of the Austrian Bohemian Forest and the upper reaches of the Großer and Kleiner Mühl . The area is in the communities of Schwarzenberg am Böhmerwald , Klaffer am Hochficht , Ulrichsberg , Aigen im Mühlkreis , Schlägl , St. Oswald bei Haslach , Berg bei Rohrbach , Lichtenau im Mühlkreis , Haslach an der Mühl , Julbach , Peilstein im Mühlviertel , Oepping and Sarleinsbach as well as in the two Upper Austrian spatial units Böhmerwald and southern Bohemian Forest foothills .
The European reserve has a size of 9,350 ha and protects habitats as well as animal and plant species of pan-European interest. In the north and east the area borders on the national park and UNESCO biosphere reserve Šumava in South Bohemia and in the west on the nature reserve Hochwald am Dreisessel in Bavaria.
basis
The legal basis for the area is the Fauna-Flora-Habitat Directive of the European Union and a regulation of the Upper Austrian provincial government.
The area is also designated as an Important Bird Area Böhmerwald und Mühltal (AT032) with an area of 22,302 hectares, an implementation according to the European bird protection directive is pending .
Habitats
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The following “habitat types of community interest” are located in the FFH area; priority habitat types are marked with *.
| Natura 2000 code | Habitat type |
|---|---|
| 3150 | Natural eutrophic lakes with magnopotamion or hydrocharition vegetation (natural still waters with floating bodies) |
| 3260 | Rivers of the planar to montane level with vegetation of the Ranunculion fluitantis and the Callitricho-Batrachion (common buttercups) |
| 4070 * | Bush vegetation with Pinus mugo and Rhododendron hirsutum (pine bush forest) |
| 6230 * | Species-rich montane bristle grass lawns on silicate soils (Bürstling lawns) |
| 6410 | Pipe grass meadows on calcareous soil, peaty and clayey silty soils (Molinion caeruleae) (pipe grass meadows) |
| 6510 | Lean flatland hay meadows (Alopecurus pratensis, Sanguisorba officinalis) (smooth oat meadows) |
| 6520 | Mountain Mähwiesen (Goldhaferwiesen) |
| 7110 * | Living raised bogs |
| 7120 | Degraded raised bogs that can still be renatured |
| 7140 | Transitional and swinging lawn bogs |
| 8110 | Silicate heaps of the montane to nival level (Androsacetalia alpinae and Galeopsietalia ladani) |
| 9110 | Forest grove beech forest (Luzulo-Fagetum) |
| 9130 | Woodruff beech forest (Asperulo-Fagetum) |
| 9180 * | Mixed ravine and hillside forests (Tilio-Acerion) |
| 91D0 * | Bog forests |
| 91E0 * | Alluvial forests with Alnus glutinosa and Fraxinus excelsior (Alno-Padion, Alnion incanae, Salicion albae) (Weichholzau) |
| 9410 | Montane to alpine acidic spruce forests (Vaccinio-Piceetea) |
Animals and plants
The area is the habitat of the following species that are listed in Appendix II of the Habitats Directive; priority species are marked with *.
| Natura 2000 code | Art |
|---|---|
| 1308 | Pug bat |
| 1355 | Otter |
| 1337 | beaver |
| 1361 | lynx |
| 1096 | Brook lamprey |
| 1163 | Koppe |
| 1037 | Green maidenhead |
| 1914 * | Moor beetle |
| 1029 | River pearl mussel |
| 4094 * | Bohemian gentian |
Other species relevant to nature conservation are named in the management plan:
Species according to Annex II of the Habitats Directive without conservation obligation: 1193 yellow-bellied toad ( Bombina variegata ), 1093 * stone crab ( Austropotamobius torrentium ), 1323 Bechstein's bat ( Myotis bechsteinii ), 1324 mouse- eared toad ( Myotis myotis ), 1352 * wolf ( Canis lupus ),
Further species of Annex II of the Habitats Directive that have been identified in the European protected area (especially individual records): 1059 Light blue meadow button ant ( Maculinea teleius ), 1061 Dark blue meadow button ant ( Maculinea nausithous ), 1078 * Spanish flag ( Callimorpha quadripunctaria ), 1083 stag beetle ( Lucanus cervus );
Species listed in Annex IV of the Habitats Directive: 1283 Smooth snake ( Coronella austriaca ), 1313 Northern bat ( Eptesicus nilssonii ), 1317 Pipistrelle ( Pipistrellus nathusii ), 1320 Brandt's bat ( Myotis brandtii ), 1327 Serotine ( Eptesicus serotinus ), 1330 Brandt's bat ( Myotis mystacinus ) , 1332 two-colored bat ( Vespertilio murinus ), 1341 dormouse ( Muscardinus avellanarius ), 1343 birch mouse ( Sicista betulina );
Species according to Annex IV of the Habitats Directive with evidence of but without significant populations in the European protected area: 1314 water bat (Myotis daubentonii), 1312 noctule bat (Nyctalus noctula), 1331 little noctule bat (Nyctalus leisleri), 1309 pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus arborea), 1203 ), 1209 agile frog (Rana dalmatina), 1261 sand lizard (Lacerta agilis), 1058 black-spotted blue ant (Maculinea arion), 1076 evening primrose hawk (Proserpinus proserpina);
Species according to Annex V of the Habitats Directive: grayling (Thymallus thymallus), 1091 crayfish (Astacus astacus), 1762 arnica (Arnica montana), Sphagnum sp .;
Species in Appendix V with evidence in the European protected area: 1026 Roman snail (Helix pomatia), 1210 water frog species group (Rana kl esculenta), 1213 common frog (Rana temporaria), 1357 pine marten (Martes martes), 1358 polecat (Mustela puntorius), pine bear moss (Huperzia) selage), snake club moss (Lycopodium annotinum), piston club moss (Lycopodium clavatum);
other species of significant nature conservation in the European protected area: elk (Alces alces), adder (Vipera berus), brown trout (Salmo trutta f. fario), A030 black stork (Ciconia nigra), A104 hazel grouse (Bonasa bonasia), A108 capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus), A122 corncrakes (crex crex), A153 Bekassine (Gallinago gallinago), A217 Sperlingskauz (Glaucidium passerinum), A220 Habichtskauz (Strix uralensis), A223 Raufußkauz (Aegolius funereus), A241 Dreizehenspecht (Picoides tridactylus);
The bird species mentioned for the designation as an Important Bird Area (criterion C3) are good breeding populations of the corncrake (meadow rail , Crex crex , appendix I A122) and pygmy owl ( Glaucidium passerinum , appendix I A217).
Web links
- Standard EU territorial data sheet
- EU Natura 2000 viewer
- Ordinance of the Upper Austrian state government
- Card inserts for the prescription
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Important Bird Area factsheet: Bohemian forest and Mühl valley. In: Data Zone. BirdLife International, 2009, accessed June 14, 2010 .
- ↑ Management plan of the European Protected Area Bohemian Forest-Mühltäler, Volume I, 2010
- ↑ Federal Environment Agency (Ed.): Action required for Austria to meet the EU bird protection directive . Broadcast. (Zit n. Wachtelkönig - Wachtelkönig are widespread throughout Europe, but rarely in: Environment / Nature / Water> Nature Conservation> Species and Habitat Protection> Animal Species Protection> Protected Birds> Wachtelkönig. Land Salzburg, accessed on June 14, 2010.).
Coordinates: 48 ° 41 ′ 51 ″ N , 13 ° 57 ′ 36 ″ E