Borstenbach (nature reserve)

	"Borstenbach" nature reserve IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
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location	Vlotho , Herford district , North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany
surface	19.2 ha
Identifier	HF-037
WDPA ID	318222
Geographical location	52 ° 10 ' N , 8 ° 49' E Coordinates: 52 ° 10 '14 " N , 8 ° 48' 46" E
Setup date	1997
particularities	three partial areas

The Borstenbach area is a nature reserve designated in 1997 by the Detmold Regional Council (NSG number HF-037) in the west of the North Rhine-Westphalian town of Vlotho in the Herford district in Germany .

location

The three parts of the approximately 19 hectare nature reserve Borstenbach belong naturally to the Lipper Bergland . They extend along the Borstenbach , west of the Vlotho city center, north and south of Loher Straße and east of the federal highway 2 .

description

The Borstenbach protected area is described as a “diverse complex of wet forests, beech and oak forests that accompany the stream, and often wet, large-scale fallow grassland in valley sections of the upper Borstenbach creek and some side valleys, some of which are designed as sieves”.

The valley system has an important function in the regional biotope network .

Protection purpose

The main protection purpose is the preservation and optimization of a valley system with multi-layered flood plains, near-natural flowing and standing waters, riparian forests and wet or poor grassland as a habitat for numerous, sometimes endangered, animal and plant species.

Biotope types

In the protected area Borstenbach the biotope types "Bach", "Bach-accompanying alder forest ", "Bach-accompanying ash forest ", "fallow lean grassland", "fallow wet and humid grassland", "mixed beech and oak forest ", "fat willow", "wood strips", "waters accompanying, moist border or linear tall herbaceous corridor ”,“ wet and damp meadow ”,“ lawn Grossseggenried ”and“ pond ”.