Blauen (nature reserve)

"Blauen" nature reserve IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
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location	Sigmaringen , District of Sigmaringen , Baden-Württemberg , Germany
surface	46.8 ha
Identifier	4,046
WDPA ID	81415
Geographical location	48 ° 7 '  N , 9 ° 11'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 7 '29 "  N , 9 ° 10' 40"  E
Sea level	from 640 m to 790 m ( ø 715 m)
Setup date	20th February 1970
administration	Regional Council Tübingen

The Blauen area is a nature reserve (NSG number 4.046) in the north-west of the Baden-Württemberg city ​​of Sigmaringen in the district of Sigmaringen in Germany, which was designated by ordinance of February 20, 1970 by the Tübingen regional council and expanded in 1984 .

description

The area of Blauen is described as "diverse vegetation on cement marl, which ranges from raw soil colonists to former sheep pastures to commercial forests."

location

The Blauen nature reserve, which is now 46.8 hectares in size , naturally belongs to the Middle Alb . It is located around five kilometers northwest of the center of Sigmaringen in the Jungnau district , north of the federal highway 463 , at an average altitude of 715  m above sea level. NN .

Protection purpose

The main protection purpose is the preservation of the diverse vegetation on cement marl , which ranges from raw soil colonists to former sheep pastures to commercial forests, whereby the rich orchid flora requires special protection.

Partner protected areas

The reserve Blue bordered to the west by the conservation area " Danube and Schmeiental " (4.37.036) and is part of the " Nature Park Upper Danube ".

Flora and fauna

flora

The following plant species (selection), sorted by families , are shown in the blue :

• Astern-like (Asterales)
  • Daisy family (Asteraceae)
    • Alpen Maßliebchen ( Aster bellidiastrum )
    • Common cat paw ( Antennaria dioica )
• Umbelliferae (Apiales)
  • Umbelliferae (Apiaceae)
    • Sickle-leaved rabbit's ear ( Bupleurum falcatum )
• Enzianartige (Gentianales)
  • Red family (Rubiaceae)
    • Hill-Meier ( Asperula cynanchica )
• Buttercups (Ranunculales)
  • Buttercup Family (Ranunculaceae)
    • Spiked St. Christopher's herb ( Actaea spicata )
    • Yellow anemone ( Anemone ranunculoides )
• Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
  • Carnation family (Caryophyllaceae)
    • Carthusian Carnation ( Dianthus carthusianorum )
• Peppery (Piperales)
  • Aristolochiaceae (Aristolochiaceae)
    • Common hazel root ( Asarum europaeum )
• Asparagales (Asparagales)
  • Orchids (orchidaceae)
    • Brown-red Stendelwurz ( Epipactis atrorubens )
    • Broad-leaved stendola ( Epipactis helleborine )
    • Yellow lady's slipper ( Cypripedium calceolus ); Orchid of the year 1996 and 2010
    • Violet stendrums ( Epipactis purpurata )
  • Asparagaceae (Asparagaceae)
    • Rispige's Lily ( Anthericum ramosum ), also called panicles Grass Lily , Little Grass Lily or branchy's Lily called

fauna

The following animal species (selection), sorted according to classes , orders and species , are recorded in the black moss :

insects

• Short-antennae terrors (Caelifera)
  • Brown grasshopper ( Chorthippus brunneus )
  • Common grasshopper ( Chorthippus parallelus )
  • Little golden terrier ( Chrysochraon brachyptera )
  • Great golden terrestrial ( Chrysochraon dispar )
  • Red mace insect ( Gomphocerus rufus )
• Long- probe horror (Ensifera)
  • Field cricket ( Gryllus campestris )
  • Common shrub insect ( Pholidoptera griseoaptera )
  • Short-winged bite insect ( Metrioptera brachyptera )
  • Roesel's bite insect ( Metrioptera roeselii )
  • Forest cricket ( Nemobius sylvestris )
  • Two-Tone Beißschrecke ( Metrioptera bicolor )
  • Chirping shrimp ( Tettigonia cantans )
• Butterflies (Lepidoptera)
  • Argus blue ( Plebejus argus )
  • C-butterfly ( Polygonia c-album )
  • Fiery mother-of-pearl butterfly ( Fabriciana adippe )
  • Graubindiger Mohrenfalter ( Erebia aethiops )
  • Great mother-of-pearl butterfly ( Mesoacidalia aglaja )
  • Imperial coat ( Argynnis paphia )
  • Little Kingfisher ( Limenitis camilla )
  • Small cube-headed butterfly ( Pyrgus malvae )
  • Land map ( Araschnia levana )
  • Rough-grass mother-of-pearl butterfly ( Clossiana dia )
  • Eastern pied butterfly ( Melitaea britomartis )
  • Red-brown meadow bird ( Coenonympha glycerion )
  • Round-eyed Mohrenfalter ( Erebia medusa )
  • Chess board ( Melanargia galathea )
  • Silver- spot mother-of-pearl butterfly ( Clossiana euphrosyne )
  • Silver-green bluish ( Lysandra coridon )
  • Ink blot white ( Leptidea sinapis )
  • White-tailed Moorish butterfly ( Erebia ligea )
  • Brimstone Butterfly ( Gonepteryx rhamni )

Reptiles

• Scale reptiles (Squamata)
  • Forest lizard ( Lacerta vivipara )

Birds

• Passerines (Passeriformes)
  • Fitis even Fitislaubsänger ( Phylloscopus trochilus )
  • Bullfinch ( Pyrrhula pyrrhula ), also Bullfinch or blood Fink called
  • Treecreeper ( Certhia familiaris )
  • Wood warbler ( Phylloscopus sibilatrix )
  • Golden Grouse ( Regulus regulus ), the smallest bird in Europe
  • Chiffchaff ( Phylloscopus collybita )

See also

• List of nature reserves in the district of Sigmaringen
• List of nature reserves in Baden-Württemberg

literature

• Department for nature conservation and landscape management: nature reserves in the administrative district of Tübingen . Ed .: Regional Council Tübingen. Second revised and expanded edition. Thorbecke, Ostfildern 2006, ISBN 978-3-7995-5175-5 , pp. 454-455 .

Web links

• Ordinance, data evaluation sheet and map in the profile of the nature reserve in the protected area directory of the LUBW

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Profile of the nature reserve in the LUBW's list of protected areas , section " Protection purpose"