Bexter forest
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"Bexter Wald" nature reserve
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.jpg) Bexter Forest (2015) |
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| location | Bad Salzuflen , Lippe district , North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany | |
| surface | 49.36 ha | |
| Identifier | LIP-044 | |
| WDPA ID | 329281 | |
| Geographical location | 52 ° 3 ' N , 8 ° 42' E | |
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| Setup date | 2002 | |
The Bexter Wald area is a nature reserve designated in 2002 by the Detmold Regional Council (NSG number LIP-042) in the North Rhine-Westphalian town of Bad Salzuflen in the Lippe district in Germany .
location
The approximately 49 hectare nature reserve Bexter Wald extends around two kilometers southwest of Bad Salzufler city center, northwest of the district Wülfer-Bexten and the Ostwestfalenstrasse in the north.
description
The protected area Bexter Wald is described as a structure-rich, predominantly natural deciduous forest complex on waterlogged or wet-affected locations of oak-hornbeam and oak-rich and pure beech forests of different ages, which are traversed by several small streams with accompanying, partially swelling wet forests from south to north .
Together with the other forest areas of the Bexter Forest (north of Ostwestfalenstrasse), the area is an important stepping stone between the Teutoburg Forest in the west and the forests to the east on the Bad Salzuflen ridge.
Protection purpose
The main protection purpose is the preservation and near-natural development of a forest that is significant due to its age, its structure, the existing plant communities and its area, in particular to secure and further develop a very well-structured, near-natural hardwood population, to protect and maintain valuable wet forest areas and source areas, to maintain and Protection of an important retreat and habitat for endangered animal and plant species and for the maintenance and further development of hardwood stocks that are worth protecting.
Biotope types
The following biotope types are designated in the Stadtwald nature reserve :
- Mixed maple forest
- Alder forest accompanying the stream
- Upper and middle creek runs in the low mountain range
- Beech forest
- Oak forest
- Mixed oak and beech forest
- Mixed hornbeam and oak forest
- Mixed conifer and oak forest
- pond
Flora and fauna
flora
The following species (selection) from the flora worthy of protection are to be named:
- Cabbage thistle ( Cirsium oleraceum )
- Marsh pippau ( Crepis paludosa )
- (Common) hornbeam ( Carpinus betulus )
- Common hazel ( Corylus avellana )
- Common beech ( Fagus sylvatica )
- Red oak ( Quercus rubra )
- Black Alder ( Alnus glutinosa )
- English oak ( Quercus robur )
- Forest angelica ( Angelica sylvestris )
- Marsh bedstraw ( Galium palustre )
- Woodruff or "Fragrant Bedstraw" ( Galium odoratum )
- Spotted Arum ( Arum maculatum )
- Small duckweed ( Lemna minor L. )
- Floating pondweed ( Potamogeton natans )
- Marsh marigold ( Caltha palustris )
- Common loosestrife ( Lysimachia vulgaris )
- High cowslip ( Primula elatior )
- Small valerian or "swamp valerian" ( Valeriana dioica )
- European larch ( Larix decidua )
- Bitter foam herb ( Cardamine amara )
- Mountain speedwell ( veronica montana )
- Common ash or "high ash" ( Fraxinus excelsior )
- Gundermann ( Glechoma hederacea )
- Marsh skullcap ( Scutellaria galericulata L. )
- Four- leaved oneberry ( Paris quadrifolia )
- Great witchweed ( Circaea lutetiana )
- Bittersweet nightshade ( Solanum dulcamara )
- Swamp forget-me-nots ( Myosotis scorpioides )
- Common clove root ( Geum urbanum )
- Meadowsweet ( Filipendula ulmaria )
- Common hawthorn or "hawthorn" ( Crataegus monogyna )
- Buckthorn ( Rhamnus frangula )
- European white elm ( Ulmus laevis )
- Dewberry , "Frosted Blackberry" or "Field Berry" ( Rubus caesius )
- Rowan or "Rowan" ( Sorbus aucuparia )
- Double fluted hawthorn ( Crataegus laevigata )
- White water lily ( Nymphaea alba )
- Sycamore maple ( acer pseudoplatanus )
- Lily of the valley ( Convallaria majalis )
- Swamp iris ( Iris pseudacorus )
- Multi-flowered Weisswurz ( Polygonatum multiflorum )
- Two-leaved shade flower ( Maianthemum bifolium )
- Opposite Milkwort ( Chrysosplenium oppositifolium )
- Red currant ( Ribes rubrum )
- Black currant ( Ribes nigrum )
- Ruprecht's herb ( Geranium robertianum )
- Hedgehog cob ( Sparganium erectum )
- Pill Sedge ( Carex pilulifera )
- Lawn Schmiele ( Deschampsia cespitosa )
- Giant fescue ( Festuca gigantea )
- Forest Zwenke ( Brachypodium sylvaticum )
- Common thorn fern ( Dryopteris carthusiana )
See also
Web links
- Nature reserve "Bexter Wald" in the specialist information system of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia
Individual evidence
- ↑ Map at www.protectedplanet.net, accessed on April 3, 2020.
- ↑ Description of the protected area by the LANUV .
- ↑ Protection goal of the LANUV .
- ↑ Information on habitats and species of the LANUV .
