List of natural forest reserves in Lower Saxony

The list of natural forest reserves in Lower Saxony contains 107 (as of March 2017) natural forest reserves in Lower Saxony . The list contains the official designations for name, identifier, natural area , size and the year of designation. The geographical location is averaged and the information about the district / city relates to this information. However, the areas can also extend over several administrative districts.

For about 40 years (more since the nature conservation year 1970), natural forest reserves have been designated throughout Germany in order to preserve a range of total reserves. Natural forest reserves are forests that are largely in a natural state. The natural forest development takes place here undisturbed. In the course of time, primeval forests with strong trees and a lot of dead wood develop there . In Lower Saxony there are currently 107 such natural forest reserves with an area of 4576 hectares.

Name of the area	image	Identifier	Natural space	District / City	Description / remarks	Location	Area in hectares	Year of regulation
Ahlershorst		03-132	Stader Geest	District of Cuxhaven	The natural forest consists of two sub-areas on a moderately humid location with a moderate supply of nutrients, e.g. Some with a light moor layer. The natural forest community is a transition from the common oak-beech forest to the common oak-hornbeam forest, whereby the aspects of the common grass-beech forest predominate. The entire natural forest area is historically old forest.	position	4.5	1996
Ahlhorn fish ponds		03-131	Dümmer Geest lowlands and Ems-Hunte-Geest	District of Oldenburg	Alder and ash forests of the floodplains and spring areas with pronounced flooding dynamics, predominantly developed in a near-natural manner, on predominantly base and nutrient-poor locations with vegetation adapted to them.	position	18.6	1998
Allerauenwald in Drömling		03-151	Weser-Aller lowlands	District of Helmstedt	The aim of the natural forest designation is the development and protection of an alluvial forest under optimized water conditions.	position	99.2	2011
Old enclosure		03-032	Lueneburg Heath	District of Uelzen	Mixed deciduous forest of beech, English oak, hornbeam, alder, ash and other tree species in different mixtures on small-scale, strongly changing locations with differentiated ground and backwater influence. In the development area south of the road, which was integrated in 2000, also red alder on spring moor.	position	23.9	1972
Barenberg		03-130	Dümmer Geest lowlands and Ems-Hunte-Geest	District of Cloppenburg	Extremely weak growing pine and mixed pine stands on sometimes extremely poor and dry sandy locations. Pronounced terrain relief with inland dunes up to 2 m high. Partial areas since 1950 without management.	position	10.4	1997
Barnbruch		03-137	Weser-Aller lowlands	Gifhorn district	The natural forest consists of three sub-areas and 80% of which are mapped as strongly influenced by groundwater.	position	39.0	1986
Bennerstedt		03-090	Elbe valley lowlands	District of Lüneburg	Alder quarry forest, the remnants of a formerly extensive quarry forest complex. In the development area annexed in 2000 in the south into beech-oak forest; also cleared spruce and poplar on some areas.	position	29.9	1987
Bees kink		03-113	Lower Weserbergland and Upper Weser-Leinebergland	Schaumburg district	Small natural forest area with near-natural beech forest on Keuper sites; poor / dry in hilltops, significantly cheaper on slopes, partly heavily pseudo-gleyed, all expositions available; in the valley area, fresh to wet, rich alluvial sites along the Friedrichsburger Bach with near-natural alder-ash forest; artificial pond in the valley area.	position	17.6	1998
Blütlinger wood		03-027	Wendland and Altmark	Lüchow-Dannenberg district	Representative natural forest for the alder forests of the Eastern Lower Saxony lowlands, including adjacent transition locations; widespread near-natural red alder stocks, partly with ash, birch and others, in transition areas oak-hornbeam stocks with mixed tree species and often pronounced shrub layers.	position	84.3	1972
Bockmerholz		03-082	Lower Saxony Börden	Hanover region	Near-natural deciduous forests on well to very well nutrient-supplied, sustainably fresh to heavily groundwater-influenced sites from Pleistocene cover layers over chalk limestone; Locations strung together like a transect.	position	41.6	1995
Bohldamm		03-094	Elbe valley lowlands	District of Lüneburg	Representative natural forest in the groundwater-shaped, mostly fairly well-supplied locations; varied site mosaic due to different degrees of waterlogging, semi-natural mixed deciduous forest stands with an exceptionally high proportion of white elm; on small, slightly elevated "mineral soil islands", the beech can hold itself, in contrast to the surrounding damp locations, which are periodically flooded.	position	84.8	1997
Bornbruchsmoor		03-034	Lueneburg Heath	Gifhorn district	Relatively small natural forest on transitional bog locations with a colorful palette of tree species, almost pure birch forest on some areas.	position	11.0	1972
Braascher thickness		03-081	Lueneburg Heath	Lüchow-Dannenberg district	Old pine stands, mostly loosened up, partly with a considerable admixture of spruce, which rejuvenates together with hardwood, partly loose to dense deciduous-dominated succession with birch, mountain ash, oak etc. a. on a typical sandy location of the East Lower Saxony lowlands; Example of typical pine forest images with spontaneous succession.	position	47.5	1996
Brakes		03-072	Stader Geest	District of Stade	Representative example of near-natural deciduous forests on rich sites in the Lower Saxony lowlands that are characterized by groundwater and backwater.	position	95.9	1989
Brambosteler Moor		03-134	Lueneburg Heath	District of Uelzen	The area consists of three sub-areas that are more or less heavily marshland and show more or less pronounced changes in location.	position	11.9	1988
fire		03-057	Weser-Aller lowlands	District of Celle	Example area of an alluvial forest that has been degraded due to major changes in the water balance and is therefore relatively remote from nature; Forest cover in succession.	position	14.0	1974
Bruchberg (NP)		03-022	resin	District of Goslar	Hochmontaner spruce forest with wool. Riding grass; predominantly patchy, unevenly grown spruce, occasionally birch and mountain ash; Area interspersed with unwooded raised bog areas; The western edge collapsed flat.	position	77.4	1972
Bruchwald near Ehrenburg		03-136	Dümmer Geest lowlands and Ems-Hunte-Geest	District of Diepholz	Low to transitional bog locations with a mixture of tree species, including beech, corresponding to the location. However, the early bird cherry, which is otherwise typical of degenerate floodplain and swamp forest locations, is missing. Renaturation by damming the main drainage ditches since 1992. The long-standing drainage has already resulted in considerable peat subsidence and mineralization with corresponding stilt roots. The high proportion of dead wood in the area is possibly related to the disturbed water balance. At least in parts it is also about meadow afforestation. Not a historically old forest location.	position	10.7	1987
Mountains of bulls		03-103	Lueneburg Heath	Heidekreis district	Pine pioneer forest in a relatively early stage of development compared to the neighboring Ehrhorn dunes with beginning or even missing deciduous wood succession.	position	83.9	1992
Burckhardt		03-013	Lower Weserbergland and Upper Weser-Leinebergland	Northeim district	First official natural forest reserve in Lower Saxony; Example of beech forests on dry red sandstone knolls, here z. Partly still planted with sessile oak.	position	17.0	1969
Burckhardtshöhe		03-063	Dümmer Geest lowlands and Ems-Hunte-Geest	District of Nienburg / Weser	Typical example of the beech forests on fairly well nutrient-supplied, sustainably fresh and partly pseudo-gleyed sites made of boulder clay with a different sand loess cover; the few still existing common oaks are overgrown by the much younger beech.	position	21.8	1974
Butterberg		03-074	Weser-Aller lowlands	District of Helmstedt	Representative example of typical beech forests in medium-sized locations with different clay underlay and the resulting pseudo-gleying in the continental part of the north-west German mountain threshold; Conifer-embossed tillering connected to the edge.	position	59.7	1993
Cananohe		03-059	Weser-Aller lowlands	Hanover region	Small natural forest with sand-covered boulder clay sites; hornbeam-oak stock, which used to be considered natural, stagnates on a typical beech site; typical example of anthropogenic oak and hornbeam forests.	position	11.4	1974
Dreyberg		03-087	Lower Weserbergland and Upper Weser-Leinebergland	Northeim district	Representative example of submontane beech forests on red sandstone in Solling; represent all expositions.	position	85.4	1994
Drievorden		03-093	Dümmer Geest lowlands and Ems-Hunte-Geest	County of Grafschaft Bentheim	Representative example of sand sites in the western lowlands that are heavily influenced by groundwater and poorly supplied with nutrients. Stocking from first afforestation, not an old forest site. The area is criss-crossed by old drainage ditches that are gradually falling into disrepair.	position	36.8	1994
Dwergter sand		03-108	Dümmer Geest lowlands and Ems-Hunte-Geest	District of Cloppenburg	The area represents the poor sandy sites in the high Pleistocene of the growth area of the Lower Saxony coastal area; predominantly old pine stands with deciduous succession approach.	position	35.9	1997
Corner slope (NP)		03-088	resin	District of Goslar	Ecker steep slope exposed to the east with changing location features at 480-560 m above sea level. NN; Hainsimsen-beech forest alternating with maple-ash-beech canyon forest with moon viole; Forest stands torn up by the effects of storms, already high proportions of dead wood and changing structures.	position	17.8	1990
harrow		03-139	Lower Weserbergland and Upper Weser-Leinebergland	Schaumburg district	Parent rock corallenoolite. The entire natural forest does not have a compact shape, but rather a linear expression along steep upper slope areas.	position	37.3	1998
Ehrhorn dunes		03-035	Lueneburg Heath	Heidekreis district	Sand dunes that were blown up during the forest desolation period with spontaneous, primarily progressive forest development after initial pine planting around 200 years ago.	position	71.1	1972
Eternal route		03-080	Lueneburg Heath	Lüchow-Dannenberg district	Representative example of near-natural beech forests on a typical sandy site in the low-precipitation part of the east Lower Saxony lowlands; a few oaks and some softwood mixed in; Parallel example to the Lüßberg natural forest in the precipitation-rich part of the growth area.	position	41.0	1996
Fahrberg		03-092	Lower Weserbergland and Upper Weser-Leinebergland	Holzminden district	Southern slope with intensive interlinking of lime, loess and flame marl locations in the Hils.	position	26.1	1989
Forellenbachtal		03-101	Lueneburg Heath	District of Uelzen	Transitional area from the azonal forest community to the zonal forest community. Currently with oak, e.g. T. red oak and spruce planted.	position	37.6	1990
Franzhorn		03-002	Stader Geest	Rotenburg (Wümme) district	Varied natural forest area in which boulder clay sites, sand sites and Lauenburg clay are combined, pronounced small relief, mixed stands embossed with beech or oak, at the edge pine stand with deciduous succession and small-scale young spruce stands; historically old forest location.	position	41.8	1972
Peace wood		03-053	Ems-Hase-Hunte-Geest	District of Oldenburg	Interesting example of mixed deciduous forests with a change in tree species composition due to use-related changes in groundwater-influenced, fairly well-nutrient-supplied boulder clay sites. Border area for the beech due to the groundwater level and irregular periodic overflow.	position	14.3	1974
Friedrichshaus Bruch		03-042	Lower Weserbergland and Upper Weser-Leinebergland	Northeim district	Birch quarry forest in the decay phase on bog locations with partially disturbed water balance, spruce widespread.	position	26.2	1972
Foxholes		03-052	Lower Weserbergland and Upper Weser-Leinebergland	District of Göttingen	Representative example of the shell limestone demolition edges above red clay in the mountainous region of southern Lower Saxony. Moved terrain, already high proportions of dead wood in the area of the demolition edge.	position	26.9	1974
Gaim		03-100	Lower Saxony Börden	Hanover region	Rich boulder clay locations with strong groundwater influence and near-natural characteristics of the hornbeam-pedunculate oak forest.	position	20.6	2004
Goehrder oaks		03-025	Lueneburg Heath	Lüchow-Dannenberg district	Entire area part of the NSG Breeser Grund (VO of April 10, 1985).	position	2.0	1972
Grasborner Bruch		03-043	Lower Weserbergland and Upper Weser-Leinebergland	Northeim district	Small-scale example of the mixed deciduous forests in the Solling, predominantly on locations that are characterized by water and that accompany the stream.	position	10.8	1972
Great Freeden	more pictures	03-012	Lower Weserbergland and Upper Weser-Leinebergland	District of Osnabrück	Elongated limestone ridges with slopes overlaid with loess in all expositions; the only natural forest in the Teutoburg Forest.	position	41.3	1972
Great Staufenberg		03-017	resin	District of Osterode am Harz	Representative example of typical beech forests in medium and better locations in the transition from the submontane to the montane level of the southern Harz, all expositions are combined in the area.	position	49.7	1972
Large gable moor		03-010	Weser-Aller lowlands	Gifhorn district	In the original natural forest reserve (approx. 24 ha) Erlenbruchwald u. Alder-ash forest. Here also the lush development of the early blooming bird cherry. In the expansion area in the east, alder stocks from planting with elm, ash and near-natural shrub vegetation. In the west structurally rich birch break forest with high proportions of dead wood, e.g. T. with oak; here also a gray alder population.	position	121.6	1972
Hagen		03-096	Wendland and Altmark	Lüchow-Dannenberg district	For decades without forest management; Mostly come into state ownership through land consolidation. Historically old forest with a large variety of spring geophytes. Components of the natural forest are also fallow meadows, willow swamp forests and sedges. The entire space is affected by drainage and land consolidation.	position	65.5	1997
Hagental		03-138	Lower Weserbergland and Upper Weser-Leinebergland	Holzminden district	Spring moor in the middle of a small valley basin. The proportion of birch trees has apparently been reduced by previous thinning.	position	3.2	1989
Hahnenkleeklippen (NP)		03-021	resin	District of Goslar	Northern partial area: steep to rugged western slope with scree slopes, 550-750 m above sea level. NN, planted with spruce, some sycamore maple and other hardwood, partly without trees. Southern part of the area: steep to rugged western slope, 550-750 m above sea level. NN, planted with the highest closed beech stand of the western Harz.	position	29.6	1972
Grove		03-201	Lower Weserbergland and Upper Weser-Leinebergland	District of Osterode am Harz	The only area to represent the Gipskarst locations in southern Lower Saxony.	position	54.7	2004
Haringer Berg		03-049	Lower Weserbergland and Upper Weser-Leinebergland	District of Goslar	Oak-hornbeam-beech mixed deciduous forest as the result of earlier medium-sized forest management on the site of the lime-beech forest; very heavy browsing by mouflon deer.	position	18.8	1972
Harz ancient spruce (NP)		03-038	resin	District of Goslar	Hochmontaner spruce forest with wool. Riding grass; Stocking is partly formed by spruce that is probably more than 250 years old, hardwood is very rare; some unwooded raised bog areas; Stocking has become significantly lighter and dying in recent years.	position	30.0	1972
Hit and Bark		03-079	Dümmer Geest lowlands and Ems-Hunte-Geest	District of Diepholz	Mixed beech stands on mighty sand loess sites; emerged from reforestation of hacked-out areas - so-called Erdmann stocks - and subsequent intensive forest care. There is a tendency for the late blooming bird cherry to immigrate.	position	33.2	1998
Heinsener cliffs		03-085	Lower Weserbergland and Upper Weser-Leinebergland	Holzminden district	Natural forest cut like fringes, which covers steep slopes and hilltops as special locations on a larger area, which otherwise only occur in small areas.	position	63.0	1986
Herrenholz		03-003	Dümmer Geest lowlands and Ems-Hunte-Geest	District of Vechta	Natural forest area with richer glacial till such as Lauenburg clay sites, partly covered with sand loess; Mixed hardwood stocks of beech, English oak, hornbeam, in different forms; the area includes the Herrenholz primeval forest, an approx. 1.6 hectare forest parcel with mighty oaks and beeches and an abundance of holly undergrowth.	position	21.2	1972
Hohenstein		03-051	Lower Weserbergland and Upper Weser-Leinebergland	Hameln-Pyrmont district	Entire area part of the Hohenstein NSG (Regulation of February 23, 1972), of paramount importance for species protection.	position	58.9	1972
Chicken tunnel		03-014	Lower Weserbergland and Upper Weser-Leinebergland	District of Göttingen	Representative example of rich mixed deciduous forests on a typical sequence of locations in the mountainous region of southern Lower Saxony.	position	56.2	1972
Huntebruch		03-078	Dümmer Geest lowlands and Ems-Hunte-Geest	District of Diepholz	Flat fen sites with near-natural tree species composition; Isolated forest place in the Feldmark with considerable marginal influences.	position	36.5	1976
Ihlow		03-062	East Frisian-Oldenburg Geest	Aurich district	Natural forest close to the coast on sand sites influenced by reservoirs and groundwater with loam underlay; Mixed stands of beech and oak, crowns already exposed to wind chopping, in the north alder and ash forest; Location with Esch edition, discounts. Historically disturbed old forest site.	position	22.0	1974
Junkerwerder		03-116	Elbe valley (at the transition to the Lüneburg Heath)	Lüchow-Dannenberg district	The natural forest is part of an almost 30 hectare forest in the flooded area of the Elbe. Probably the most natural and structurally rich hardwood alluvial forest in Lower Saxony. Well-supplied, sandy floodplain sediments on the banks of the Elbe; regular, natural floodplain dynamics. Ice drift with corresponding damage to the logs can occur. Historically old forest, with development that was barely influenced for a long time. Species-rich, typical floodplain vegetation.	position	7.0	2000
Kaarßer sand mountains		03-095	Elbe valley lowlands	District of Lüneburg	Representative example of pine forests on the poorest, dry dune sands in the north German lowlands; single-layer, dull-growing pine stands, predominantly of older age, deciduous rejuvenation and successional approach hardly recognizable.	position	83.8	1998
Cat building		03-091	Lower Weserbergland and Upper Weser-Leinebergland	Holzminden district	Representative example of the beech forests in the Hils on mostly fairly well nutrient-supplied, differently loess-influenced flame marl sites, in the eastern part Hilssandstein, partly as loess-influenced floating soil; due to the presence of all expositions and moving terrain relief varied site mosaic; Beech stands combined with mixed tree species in different age groups in the area.	position	109.0	1989
Kiekenbruch		03-033	Lueneburg Heath	Gifhorn district	Remains of 200-year-old pine with younger pine, spruce and common oak; in the lower stand layers, shrub layer and rejuvenation, additional mountain ash, birch, willow; Particularly characterized by high amounts of lying and standing dead wood as well as special tree shapes.	position	5.0	1972
Kienmoor		03-007	Weser-Aller lowlands	Hanover region	Relatively small natural forest on transitional bog locations. Old pines possibly autochthonous, confirmation of the autochthony of the spruce has not yet been possible, but spruce mainly from approach.	position	16.6	1972
Kistenberg		03-098	East Frisian-Oldenburg Geest	District of Oldenburg	Rare example of a larger closed forest area that was not afforested again after the storm wood was removed.	position	17.8	1997
Small gable moor		03-150	Weser-Aller lowlands	Gifhorn district	The peculiarity of the area lies in the fact that wood has not been used for several decades (but the exact year is not known) and in the decaying phase of the oldest moor birch that can be observed here.	position	38.4	2002
King beech		03-046	Lower Weserbergland and Upper Weser-Leinebergland	District of Osterode am Harz	Typical example of the beech forests on Lower Buntsandstein in the Harz foreland.	position	28.0	1972
Kuxberg		03-097	Northern Harz foreland	Wolfenbüttel district	Representative example of the mixed beech forests on richer locations, in the clearly sub-continental part of the “Northwest German Berglandschwelle”; Locations typically made of shell limestone influenced by loess; varied relief, all expositions available, varied site mosaic.	position	55.4	1997
Landwehr (Pretzetzer Landwehr)		03-026	Wendland and Altmark	Lüchow-Dannenberg district	Representative natural forest for the groundwater-influenced, better nutrient-supplied sand locations of the East Lower Saxony lowlands; Forest stands still largely characterized by English oak and hornbeam, with a clear successive tendency towards more beech participation.	position	101.4	1972
Long walls		03-111	Lower Weserbergland and Upper Weser-Leinebergland	Schaumburg district	Representative example of an extensive limestone cliff, embedded in the typically coherent site mosaic with gently sloping slope, rock ridge and gradually eroding slope foot locations; Depending on the location, mixed stands of beech trees that grow dull to young.	position	34.0	1997
Limker strand		03-044	Lower Weserbergland and Upper Weser-Leinebergland	Northeim district	Typical example of submontane beech forests in Solling with regeneration dynamics in stand gaps.	position	20.5	1972
wage		03-058	Lueneburg Heath	District of Uelzen	Representative example of beech forests on rich sites with glacial till (here with sand loess overlay).	position	37.1	1974
Luhden cliffs		03-140	Lower Weserbergland and Upper Weser-Leinebergland	Schaumburg district	Parent rock corallenoolite. Small natural forest in an elongated shape; Rock area with adjacent steep upper slope.	position	5.8	1998
Luessberg		03-030	Lueneburg Heath	District of Celle	Rare, near-natural old beech trees on a typical sandy site in the rainier part of the East Lower Saxony lowlands, oak admixtures anthropogenically promoted; Parallel example to the natural forest Eternal route in the low-precipitation part of the growth area.	position	29.1	1974
Maaßel		03-008	Weser-Aller lowlands	Gifhorn district	Forest coverings made up of pedunculate oak and hornbeam, which have been modified due to use, on a boulder clay site that is clearly characterized by backwater, above chalk lime in the deep subsoil, relatively continental climatic area.	position	11.9	1972
Mesh break		03-135	Lueneburg Heath	District of Uelzen	As the core zone of a nature reserve, the Maschbruch natural forest fulfills important functions for species and biotope protection.	position	6.6	1994
Meinsberg	more pictures	03-060	Lower Weserbergland and Upper Weser-Leinebergland	Hanover region	Representative natural forest for the richer, loess-influenced Jurassic limestone locations, including partial areas with a thick loess cover and the Münder marl in the Atlantic western part of the Lower Weser-Leine mountainous region, as well as a typical beech forest area for the richer locations in the southern part of the Deister; by far predominantly natural beech old stocks, supplemented by a rejuvenated beech area with overhang.	position	65.1	1971
Meninger wood		03-076	Lueneburg Heath	Harburg district	Representative natural forest with occurrences of typical growth area locations and alternating stand structures.	position	68.3	1986
Mittelberg (NP)		03-106	resin	District of Osterode am Harz	Representative example of typical, mostly moderately supplied locations in the submontane level of the Harz with all exposures; Beech and spruce stocks, pure and mixed, in different ages.	position	123.7	1996
Middle Ith		03-084	Lower Weserbergland and Upper Weser-Leinebergland	Holzminden district	Small natural forest with a wet, soaky special location in the center.	position	13.7	1987
Mühlenberg (NP)		03-105	resin	District of Osterode am Harz	Representative example of the grove beech forests in the submontane level of the Harz on somewhat better-supplied locations, in all expositions, reaching up to the montane level; large areas of almost pure beech forests of different ages.	position	254.5	1996
New forest		03-109	Weser-Aller lowlands	District of Nienburg / Weser	Representative natural forest for the poor, dry sandy locations in the high Pleistocene of the growth area of the Central-West Lower Saxony lowlands; predominantly old pine stands with groups of beeches, widespread deciduous succession tendencies; not a historically old forest location.	position	53.5	1997
Neuchâtel jungle		03-071	East Frisian-Oldenburg Geest	District of Friesland	"Primeval forest" area known throughout Europe with mighty pedunculate oaks, hornbeams, beeches, etc. a., as relics of earlier forms of forest use on well-nutrient-supplied backwater-affected sites made of covered Lauenburg clay; Forest image characterized by mighty trees, a lot of strong, standing and lying dead wood with partly dense undergrowth of holly.	position	59.0	1990
Nordahner wood		03-001	Stader Geest	District of Cuxhaven	Mixed deciduous forest made of beech, English oak, hornbeam and the like a. in varying proportions, depending on the water balance, different beech participation, on boulder clay locations with different levels of backwater influence. Old forest soil with the occurrence of rare soil plants, small forest village, isolated in the middle of agricultural areas.	position	19.2	1972
Or slope		03-047	resin	District of Osterode am Harz	North exposed, richer, z. Partly soaky slope in the submontane zone of the southern Harz.	position	16.6	1972
Horse crib		03-104	Lower Weserbergland and Upper Weser-Leinebergland	District of Göttingen	Example of small-scale mixed beech forests on dry, skeletal, steep limestone sites.	position	18.1	1989
Giant mountain		03-055	Northern Harz foreland	District of Helmstedt	Due to the intensive use of pasture, mast and firewood, the tree species combination of a potential pearl grass beech forest has been greatly changed.	position	19.0	1974
Cattle pasture		03-037	Lower Weserbergland and Upper Weser-Leinebergland	Hameln-Pyrmont district	Numerous spring outlets characterize the cattle pasture and lead to the development of a spring, alder and ash forest.	position	3.4	1972
Ringelah		03-115	Weser-Aller lowlands	Gifhorn district	Heterogeneous stand mosaic from stands of different ages with oak, birch, pine and spruce, e.g. T. from planted crops.	position	42.9	1999
Saubrink / Oberberg		03-083	Lower Weserbergland and Upper Weser-Leinebergland	Hameln-Pyrmont district	Lime, loess and steep slope special sites with complete site mosaic in close interlinking: different stand compositions, stand ages and structures; largest natural forest in Lower Saxony, an area of great cultural and historical significance.	position	245.0	1986
Schlenke		03-029	Weser-Aller lowlands	Heidekreis district	Rare remnants of floodplain forests; is flooded in spite of the dike in extreme floods; Dike relocation remains necessary to restore a 'real' alluvial forest site.	position	40.8	1972
Schmidt's pines		03-102	Stader Geest	Osterholz district	Rare example of a spontaneous pioneer forest succession in a larger sand mining area, surrounded by forest stands in which all tree species relevant to the succession are represented; older pioneer forest stands have been developing for about 20 years, forest expansion followed the progress of mining, so that different pioneer forest phases occur side by side.	position	17.2	1997
Schrabstein		03-061	Lower Weserbergland and Upper Weser-Leinebergland	Hameln-Pyrmont district	South-facing limestone rock face with subsequent limestone scree field with characteristic mixed deciduous forest cover, dry-warm limestone locations made of beech with added service tree, maple species, summer linden and various types of shrub. South-facing slope, plateau area and deeply incised Kerbtal form a diverse site mosaic.	position	22.4	1974
Sonnenberger Moorwald (NP)		03-040	resin	District of Goslar	Hochmontaner spruce forest as a typical high moor spruce forest in the Sonnenberger Moor on the Edaphic tree line; the area includes forest-free raised bog areas.	position	65.4	1972
Sonnenkopf (NP)		03-039	resin	District of Osterode am Harz	(Upper) Montaner beech-spruce forest on an eastern slope in the upper Siebertal, reaching up to approx. 700 m; Old spruce trees with mixed beech trees of the same age, occasional sycamore maple.	position	33.1	1972
Holly forest		03-036	Lueneburg Heath	Harburg district	The stock picture is explained by very strong interventions in an old beech stock towards the end of the 1960s and also immediately before the designation of the reserve in 1972. The blows and subsequent windthrow in the torn stock led to a large clearing and as a result to an explosive development of the well already present in the shelter Ilex. Partial areas where Ilex was missing are still recognizable today as bracken gaps. The lush ilex development is also probably due to favorable micro-climatic conditions, as the population on the western edge is in a clearly raised terrain with a corresponding windward effect.	position	5.5	1972
Steinbrink	more pictures	03-110	Lower Weserbergland and Upper Weser-Leinebergland	Hanover region	Representative example of typical species-poor beech forests on mostly moderately supplied Wealden sandstone soils with different loess influences in the Atlantic north-western part of the Lower Weser-Leine mountainous region, as well as a typical beech forest area for the poorer locations in the northern part of the Deister; moving, varied terrain relief; by far predominantly near-natural beech stands in mostly loosened stands.	position	40.9	1997
Browsing shark		03-019	resin	District of Osterode am Harz	Highest old beech stand in the western Harz on the border to the Upper Montane level.	position	14.6	1972
Battlefield		03-107	East Frisian-Oldenburg Geest	District of Friesland	The area represents the poor sand locations with groundwater influence of the growth area of the Lower Saxony coastal area; Old pine stands with deciduous succession; not a historically old forest location.	position	28.8	1997
Sweet		03-077	Lueneburg Heath	District of Uelzen	Typologically and geographically very varied natural forest, predominantly on clay loam sites with different layers of bedrock sand; very different stand ages and tree species mixtures exist.	position	64.5	1996
Totenberg		03-086	Lower Weserbergland and Upper Weser-Leinebergland	District of Göttingen	Representative example of typical beech forests on red sandstone locations in the mountainous region of southern Lower Saxony outside of Solling.	position	87.0	1989
Tüxen area		03-005	Lueneburg Heath	District of Uelzen	Moderately dry, weak sandy location; Stocking as the result of an attempt 50 years ago to establish a birch-oak forest, no action has been taken since then.	position	12.1	1972
Jungle tree path		03-075	Dümmer Geest lowlands and Ems-Hunte-Geest	District of Cloppenburg	Remnants of an oak, Hute and Kratt forest, the use of which was given up in the last century; Forest images characterized by "primeval" tree shapes; Succession to beech-rich forest coverings is still in a comparatively early stage (shrub layer); high stocks of dead wood, high proportion of "special tree shapes".	position	37.5	1998
Hasbruch jungle		03-099	Dümmer Geest lowlands and Ems-Hunte-Geest	District of Oldenburg		position	38.9	1974
Vogelherd		03-041	Lower Weserbergland and Upper Weser-Leinebergland	Holzminden district	Small-scale example of the beech forests of the Hochsolling.	position	10.8	1972
Walbeck control room		03-011	Weser-Aller lowlands	District of Helmstedt	Typical example of use-related modified forest cover on heavy clay soils in the continental part of the north-west German Berglandschwelle. The aim of the observation is the competitiveness of the beech against the oak under the special site conditions.	position	51.1	1972
Wehdenbruch		03-133	Stader Geest	District of Cuxhaven	A largely dissolved moor birch-spruce mixed stand, including natural regeneration of predominantly downy birch, some rowan and occasional buckthorn, spruce, sitka spruce, pedunculate oak and late bloom. Bird cherry. The entire area is criss-crossed with old trenches.	position	8.8	1985
Weichel		03-073	Stader Geest	Rotenburg (Wümme) district	Representative example of the beech forests of the lowlands on boulder clay sites with bed load sand overlay.	position	31.6	1986
Weser steep slopes		03-112	Lower Weserbergland and Upper Weser-Leinebergland	Northeim district	A characteristic example of the steep slopes of the Weser including side valleys on the Solling rim; Red sandstone weathered soils with loess influence, significantly better nutrient supply on some areas; Mixed beech stands, widespread with the addition of coniferous wood, especially larch, next to spruce and some pine; in the western part mostly young stocks.	position	90.8	1997
Winterlieth		03-089	Lower Weserbergland and Upper Weser-Leinebergland	Northeim district		position	98.6	1994
Wittenheim		03-114	East Frisian-Oldenburg Geest	Ammerland district	Near-natural tillering with ash, alder, oak, elm, sycamore and linden. Well-developed shrub layer with early flowering bird cherry, eu cone and hazel.	position	12.8	1998