Vennheide wet meadow

Vennheide wet meadow IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
Vennheide wet meadow
location	North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany
surface	124.42 ha
Identifier	GT-006
WDPA ID	344658
Geographical location	52 ° 0 ′  N , 8 ° 19 ′  E Coordinates: 51 ° 59 ′ 56 "  N , 8 ° 18 ′ 52"  E
Setup date	1989
administration	Lower landscape authority of the Gütersloh district

The Feuchtwiese Vennheide is a nature reserve with a size of 124.42 ha, which is mainly in Steinhagen (Westphalia) and a smaller part (approx. 5.02 ha) in Halle (Westphalia) (both in the Gütersloh district ). The area is managed with the number GT-006 and consists of two non-contiguous individual areas.

It was designated for the preservation of communities and habitats of wild plant and animal species, in particular of rare and partly endangered plant communities of the moist grassland areas as well as nutrient-poor borders of forests, paths and grassland and also serves to maintain or develop a grassland that is partly moist and Area equipped with field trees, which is used by curlews as a breeding area.

Although the wet meadow Vennheide is not in the direct area of ​​a running water, only the Sandforther Bach flows for a short distance and only in the peripheral area through the area, there are large season-dependent water level differences with high water levels in winter and spring.

flora

The predominant sandy soil in the wet meadow is very poor in nutrients and is only used in a few arable fields. There are often rows of trees rich in undergrowth and small bushes and field trees. In the grassland, the plant communities change over small areas. The ryegrass - white clover willow occurs most frequently , the moist form about as often as the fresh one.

In addition, smooth oat meadows occur predominantly in the typical form and rarely in the moist variant. In the western part of the area there is flood turf in the form of a kinky foxtail lawn.

In 2001, 19 plant species on the red list of endangered species of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and another 15 plant species on the state's warning list were detected.

fauna

The most visible representatives of the fauna in the area are the curlew , which regularly occurs here with one or two breeding pairs, and the lapwing , which regularly breeds with two to four pairs.

But the wet meadow is also a refuge for insects . In 2001, eleven species of grasshopper and 21 species of butterfly were identified . A total of ten species of all recorded animals that occur here are on the red list of endangered species.

Individual evidence

1. ^ "Feuchtwiese Vennheide" nature reserve in the specialist information system of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia , accessed on March 3, 2017.

Web links

• Nature reserve "Feuchtwiese Vennheide" in the specialist information system of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia