Donaumoos (FFH area)

FFH area "Donaumoos"
Langenauer Ried
location	Alb-Danube district and Heidenheim district , Baden-Württemberg , Germany
Identifier	DE-7527-341
WDPA ID	555521959
Natura 2000 ID	DE7527341
FFH area	9.16 km²
Geographical location	48 ° 29 '  N , 10 ° 12'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 29 '16 "  N , 10 ° 11' 58"  E
Setup date	January 1, 2005
administration	Regional Council Tübingen
particularities	14 sub-areas

The Donaumoos FFH area is located in the east of Baden-Württemberg and is part of the European Natura 2000 network of protected areas . It was designated in 2005 by the Tübingen regional council.

location

The approximately 916 hectare Donaumoos protected area is located in the Donau-Iller-Lech-Platten natural area . Its 4 sub-areas are located in the municipalities of Asselfingen , Langenau and Rammingen in the Alb-Danube district and Sontheim an der Brenz in the Heidenheim district .

description

The nature of the landscape of the protected area is characterized by the fens and agriculturally used grassland. It is one of the largest fen areas in southern Germany.

Protection purpose

Habitat types

The following habitat types according to Annex I of the Habitats Directive occur in the area:

EU code	*	Habitat type (official name)	Short name
3150		Natural eutrophic lakes with magnopotamion or hydrocharition vegetation	Natural nutrient-rich lakes
3160		Dystrophic lakes and ponds	Dystrophic lakes
3260		Rivers of the planar to montane level with vegetation of the Ranunculion fluitantis and the Callitricho-Batrachion	Running waters with flooding aquatic vegetation
6210	*	Near-natural dry lime lawns and their stages of shrubbery (Festuco-Brometalia) (* special stands with remarkable orchids)	Lime grassland - orchid-rich stands *
6410		Pipe grass meadows on lime-rich soil, peaty and clayey-silty soils (Molinion caeruleae)	Pipe grass meadows
6430		Moist tall herbaceous vegetation of the planar and montane to alpine level	Moist tall herbaceous vegetation
6510		Lean lowland hay meadows (Alopecurus pratensis, Sanguisorba officinalis)	Lean, lowland hay meadows
7230		Lime-rich fens	Lime-rich fens
91E0	*	Alluvial forests with Alnus glutinosa and Fraxinus excelsior (Alno-Padion, Alnion incanae, Salicion albae)	Alluvial forests with alder, ash, willow

Species inventory

The following types of community interest exist in the area:

image	EU code	*	Art	scientific name	Species group
	1014		Narrow diaper snail	Vertigo angustior	Snails
	1166		Crested newt	Triturus cristatus	Amphibians
	1337		beaver	Castor fiber	Mammals
	1381		Green broom moss	Dicranum viride	Mosses
	4045		Bird Azure Maiden	Coenagrion ornatum	Dragonflies
	4056		Dainty poppy snail	Anisus vorticulus	Snails

Contiguous protected areas

The Langenauer Ried nature reserve is part of the FFH area.

The FFH area is almost entirely in the Donauried bird sanctuary . On the Bavarian side, the FFH areas Leipheimer Moos and the nature reserve 'Gundelfinger Moos' as well as the bird sanctuary Swabian Donaumoos are connected .

See also

• List of FFH areas in Baden-Württemberg

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Tübingen regional council (ed.): Management plan for the FFH area 7527-341 “Donaumoos” and for the bird sanctuary 7527-441 “Donauried” . edited by ILN Bühl. December 1, 2015 (218 pages, baden-wuerttemberg.de [PDF]).

Web links

Commons : FFH area Donaumoos  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Standard data sheet for the FFH area "Donaumoos"
• Profile of the FFH area in the LUBW's list of protected areas
• Regional Council Tübingen (Ed.): Management plan for the FFH area 7527-341 “Donaumoos” and for the bird sanctuary 7527-441 “Donauried” . edited by ILN Bühl. December 1, 2015 (218 pages, baden-wuerttemberg.de [PDF]).