Meager meadow near Potshausen

Meager meadow near Potshausen
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location	Southwest of Detern
surface	3.8 ha
Identifier	NSG WE 116
WDPA ID	555518343
Geographical location	53 ° 12 '  N , 7 ° 37'  E Coordinates: 53 ° 12 '7 "  N , 7 ° 36' 58"  E
Sea level	from -2 m to 0 m
Setup date	December 16, 2014
administration	NLWKN

The Magerwiese near Potshausen is a nature reserve in the Lower Saxony municipality of Ostrhauderfehn in the district of Leer .

The nature reserve with the sign NSG WE 116 is 3.9 hectares in size. It is almost congruent with the FFH area "Magerwiesen bei Potshausen". The area has been a nature reserve since March 16, 1973. The responsible lower nature conservation authority is the district of Leer.

The protected area north of the village of Potshausen in Jümmiger Hammrich , which belongs to Ostrhauderfehn, protects a naturally cultivated poor meadow on alternately moist to alternately wet flat bog peat . The meadow is shaped as a borst grass lawn with transitions to the pipe grass meadow. Here u. a. Lung gentian , millet sedge , large meadow button , devil's bite and thread sedge . In the southeast, a strip of Gagelstrauch borders the protected area, in the north and west there is a wooded area.

The nature reserve is bordered to the north and west service roads . In the northeast, the area is bounded by a ditch that connects the area to the Terheider Schloot, which later flows into the Leda .

Web links

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