Nail shrub population at Vorhop

	Nail shrub population at Vorhop IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
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location	North-east of Gifhorn , in the Gifhorn district in Lower Saxony
surface	21.5 ha
Identifier	NSG BR 021
WDPA ID	81709
Geographical location	52 ° 38 ' N , 10 ° 41' E Coordinates: 52 ° 37 '32 " N , 10 ° 40' 44" E
Sea level	from 63 m to 73 m
Setup date	06/02/1980
administration	NLWKN

The Gagelstrauch population at Vorhop is a nature reserve in the Lower Saxon town of Wittingen in the Gifhorn district .

The nature reserve with the sign NSG BR 021 is 21.5 hectares in size. It is located southwest of Knesebeck and southeast of Schönewörde on the Elbe Lateral Canal . It places a predominantly pitted and partly cultivated remaining area of a former raised bog under protection, in the western area of which there is a large population of gale bushes on an unpeeled area of the former bog. In the herb layer there is mainly blue pipe grass . South and east of a company included in the protected area, includes intensively used on fields were dug wet meadow and a majority of bog birch educated Moorwald with moor grass stands on.

The area drains via Kielhorster Graben and Riet to the Ise , a tributary of the Aller .

The area has been a nature reserve since June 2, 1980. The responsible lower nature conservation authority is the district of Gifhorn.

Web links

Nature reserve "Gagelstrauchestand bei Vorhop" in the database of the Lower Saxony State Office for Water Management, Coastal and Nature Conservation (NLWKN)