Emkental

	Emkental IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
location	Serpentine , North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany
surface	20.68 ha
Identifier	LIP-008
WDPA ID	81603
Geographical location	51 ° 49 ′ N , 8 ° 53 ′ E Coordinates: 51 ° 49 ′ 1 ″ N , 8 ° 52 ′ 40 ″ E
Setup date	1979
administration	Lower landscape authority of the Lippe district

The Emkental is a nature reserve in Schlangen in the Lippe district .

Characteristic

The nature reserve is located east of Schlangen and is part of the Paderborn plateau natural area . The terrain is characterized by its incised dry valleys . The stony, calcareous soil is covered by a thin layer of earth. In the center of the nature reserve there is a small mixed forest of oak, ash and spruce and a woodruff beech forest on the southern slope. The environment is determined by arable land and meadows and pastures.

Various orchid species , which originally led to protection, have hardly been proven for years.

Web links

Commons : Emkental nature reserve - collection of images, videos and audio files

Nature reserve "Emkental" (LIP-008) in the specialist information system of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia

Individual evidence

↑ Nature reserves in Lippe . Verlag Jörg Mitzkat, Holzminden 2010, ISBN 978-3-940751-22-5 , p. 206 .

[1] Nature reserves in Lippe . Verlag Jörg Mitzkat, Holzminden 2010, ISBN 978-3-940751-22-5 , p. 206 .