Kauers Wittmoor

Kauers Wittmoor IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
Kauers Wittmoor
location	Southwest of Tostedt , Harburg district , Lower Saxony
surface	34 ha
Identifier	NSG LÜ 097
WDPA ID	164042
FFH area	33.3 ha
Geographical location	53 ° 16 '  N , 9 ° 40'  E Coordinates: 53 ° 15 '40 "  N , 9 ° 40' 18"  E
Sea level	from 39 m to 50 m
Setup date	June 16, 1984
administration	NLWKN

The Kauers Wittmoor is a nature reserve in the Lower Saxony municipality of Wistedt in the Tostedt municipality in the Harburg district .

The nature reserve with the sign NSG LÜ 097 is around 34  hectares and almost congruent with the 33.36 hectare FFH area of the same name . The area has been a nature reserve since June 16, 1984. The responsible lower nature conservation authority is the district of Harburg.

The nature reserve is located southwest of Wistedt and borders in the north on the B 75 and the residential development of Wistedt. Here is a former sand pit in the nature reserve, which is otherwise a small marsh area at the edge of the Oste lowland sloping Geest is under protection included. The protected area is mainly of peat vegetation such as moist peat Heide with Glockenheide , Moor Lilie , gentian , White beak Ried and various peat moss , Gagel- and Weiden bushes and swamp forests coined from birch and pine. It is also home to the sphagnum orchid, which is highly endangered in Lower Saxony. On drier sites are small areas neglected grasslands and sandy heathland with heather to find. In the former sand pit there are shallow pools . Pioneer vegetation with marsh bear moss settles here . In the nature reserve are u. a. Common adder and blue gentian .

In particular, areas in the central part of the nature reserve are largely used extensively as grassland . They are the habitat of various grasshoppers , butterflies and birds .

The area is drained through several ditches to the Oste.

Web links

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

• Nature reserve "Kauers Wittmoor" in the database of the Lower Saxony State Office for Water Management, Coastal and Nature Conservation (NLWKN)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Kauers Wittmoor , profiles of the Natura 2000 areas, Federal Agency for Nature Conservation . Retrieved June 18, 2018.
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Justification for the regulation of the Harburg district on the nature reserve "Kauers Wittmoor" , Harburg district (PDF, 1.3 MB). Retrieved June 18, 2018.