Gruttbach and Sunderbach

Nature reserve "Gruttbach and Sunderbach" IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
Flushed hardlings in the Gruttbach
location	Location , Lippe District , North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany
surface	20.13 ha
Identifier	LIP-084
WDPA ID	378198
Geographical location	51 ° 59 ′  N , 8 ° 45 ′  E Coordinates: 51 ° 59 ′ 26 ″  N , 8 ° 45 ′ 19 ″  E
Setup date	2006
particularities	four partial areas

The Grutt- und Sunderbach area is a nature reserve designated in 2006 by the Detmold Regional Council (NSG number LIP-084) in the North Rhine-Westphalian town of Lage in the Lippe district in Germany .

location

The four sub-areas of the approximately 20 hectare nature reserve Grutt- and Sunderbach belong naturally to the Lipper Bergland . They extend along the Gruttbach and its tributary, the Sunderbach , around two and a half kilometers west of downtown Lagens, between the districts of Kachtenhausen in the southwest, Wissentrup in the southeast and Ohrsen in the north.

description

The reserve Grutt- and Sunderbach is called a "two and a half kilometers long, mostly semi-natural valley portion with for lösslehmgeprägten typical box-flowing waters transverse profile free purged glacial Härtlingen (see photo), species-rich riparian woodland, Hochstaudenfluren, a small water bodies composite, abandoned grasslands and alder and ash alluvial forests “Described.

Protection purpose

The main protection purpose is the “preservation, development and restoration of a near-natural, typical bottom and box valley with near-natural, constantly water-bearing stream of local importance in the natural spatial unit of the Osning foreland as a habitat for rare, endangered and typical wild plants and animals.”

Habitat and biotope types

In the Gruttbach and Sunderbach conservation area, the habitat and biotope types "floodplain forest", "stream-accompanying alder forest", "stream-accompanying ash forest" and "flowing" and "still waters" are described.

Flora and fauna

flora

White water lily

Among the flora worthy of protection , in addition to the " species of the Red List of Endangered Plants in North Rhine-Westphalia" occurring in the area , including the white water lily , further species (selection) should be mentioned:

• Upright hedgehog butt
• Bitter foam herb
• Broad-leaved cattail
• Real clove root
• Flooding plumes
• Hain chickweed
• Small duckweed
• Reed grass
• Black alder
• Black elder
• Wald-Zwenke
• Angle sedge

fauna

Kingfisher in hovering flight

Among the fauna worthy of protection, the "species of the Red List of Endangered Animals in North Rhine-Westphalia" and animal species according to the Habitats Directive are to be mentioned:

• kingfisher
• Crested newt
• Dipper

See also

• List of nature reserves in the Lippe district

Web links

Commons : Grutt- und Sunderbach  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• "Grutt- und Sunderbach" nature reserve in the specialist information system of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia
• World Database on Protected Areas - Gruttbach and Sunderbach (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Map at www.protectedplanet.net, accessed on May 31, 2020.
2. ↑ Description of the protected area by the LANUV .
3. ↑ Protection goals of the LANUV .
4. ↑ Information on species of the LANUV that are worthy of protection