In the Masch

"In der Masch" nature reserve IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
In the Masch (2015)
location	Bad Salzuflen , Lippe district , North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany
surface	23.3 ha
Identifier	LIP-042
WDPA ID	329464
Geographical location	52 ° 5 '  N , 8 ° 43'  E Coordinates: 52 ° 5 '19 "  N , 8 ° 43' 3"  E
Setup date	2002

The In der Masch area is a nature reserve designated in 2002 by the Detmold Regional Council (NSG number LIP – 042) in the west of the North Rhine-Westphalian town of Bad Salzuflen in the Lippe district in Germany .

location

The approximately 23 hectare In der Masch nature reserve extends west of Bad Salzufler city center between the Herford – Himmighausen railway line in the north and Ziegelstrasse in the south.

description

A post-glacial geomorphological landform in the area of ​​the northwestern German coasts and rivers as well as comparable landforms worldwide is called Masch . A distinction is made between sea marshes , bog marshes, river marshes, floodplains , salt marshes , taiga meadows , drained lakes (polders) and lagoons (or lagoon and limane ).

The protected area In der Masch is described as a structurally rich biotope complex on the edge of the Werreniederung with predominant, contiguous, fresh, partly moist smooth oat meadows, which are subdivided into small areas in the western part by younger hedge structures.

The area is considered to be particularly valuable due to its structural wealth and the large contiguous meadow areas, which are rarely found on this scale in the Werreaue.

Protection purpose

The main protection purpose is the preservation and optimization of a biotope complex in a river valley with the remains of typical floodplain structures and biotopes such as extensive grassland areas and still waters.

Biotope types

In the nature reserve In der Masch the biotope types "fallow fat meadow", "fallow wet and damp grassland", "fat meadow in flat land formation", "bushes or shrub groups", "hedge", "pond" and "bank wood" can be found.

Flora and fauna

flora

The following species (selection) from the flora worthy of protection are to be named:

Hornbeam

Double fluted hawthorn

Meadow clover

Meadow pea

White water lily

Aster-like

• Field Bellflower ( Campanula rapunculoides )
• Common yarrow or "common yarrow" ( Achillea millefolium )

Beech-like

• (Common) hornbeam ( Carpinus betulus )
• English oak ( Quercus robur )

Umbelliferae

• Wild carrot ( Daucus carota subsp. Carota )

Gentian-like

• Meadow bedstraw ( Galium mollugo )

Frog-spoon-like

• Swan flower ( Butomus umbellatus )
• Floating pondweed ( Potamogeton natans )

Dogwood-like

• Red dogwood , "red leg", "dogberry" or "red horn bush" ( Cornus sanguinea )

Heather-like

• Pennywort ( Lysimachia nummularia )

Card-like

• Black elder ( Sambucus nigra )

Mint family

• Field mint or "corn mint" ( Mentha arvensis )
• Marsh skullcap ( Scutellaria galericulata L. )
• Ufer-Wolfstrapp or "Common Wolfstrapp" ( Lycopus europaeus )
• Water mint ( Mentha aquatica )

Malpighian-like

• Ash willow ( Salix cinerea )
• Broken willow ( Salix fragilis )
• St. John's wort ( Hypericum perforatum )
• Basket willow ( Salix viminalis )
• Ear willow , "ear willow" or "sage willow" ( Salix aurita )
• Common willow ( Salix caprea )
• White willow ( Salix alba )

Nightshade-like

• Bittersweet nightshade ( Solanum dulcamara )

Rose-like

• Meadowsweet ( Filipendula ulmaria )
• Common hawthorn or "hawthorn" ( Crataegus monogyna )
• Fingerwort ( Potentilla anserina )
• Double fluted hawthorn ( Crataegus laevigata )

Butterfly petals

• Marsh horn clover ( Lotus pedunculatus )
• Four-seeded vetch ( Vicia tetrasperma )
• Bird vetch ( Vicia cracca )
• Meadow clover or "red clover" ( Trifolium pratense )
• Meadow pea ( Lathyrus pratensis )

Water lilies

• White water lily ( Nymphaea alba )

Asparagus-like

• Swamp iris ( Iris pseudacorus )

Sweetgrass

• Hairy sedge ( Carex hirta )
• Broad-leaved cattail ( Typha latifolia )
• Common red fescue ( Festuca rubra )
• Lawn Schmiele ( Deschampsia cespitosa )
• Pygmy sedge ( Carex pseudocyperus )
• Narrow-leaved cattail ( Typha angustifolia )
• Prickly sedge ( Carex spicata )
• Meadow Foxtail ( Alopecurus pratensis )
• Woolly honeygrass ( Holcus lanatus )
• Tender rush ( Juncus tenuis )

See also

Sweet grass meadow in the Masch

• List of nature reserves in the Lippe district

Web links

Commons : In the Masch  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Nature reserve “In der Masch” in the specialist information system of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia

Individual evidence

1. ↑ card at www.protectedplanet.net, accessed on 2 April 2020th
2. ↑ Description of the protected area by the LANUV .
3. ↑ Protection goal of the LANUV .
4. ↑ Information on habitats and species of the LANUV .