Mehlbaum (nature reserve)

	"Mehlbaum" nature reserve IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
	"Mehlbaum" nature reserve (May 2016)
location	Albstadt , Zollernalbkreis , Baden-Wuerttemberg , Germany
surface	12.37 hectares
Identifier	4.134
WDPA ID	164595
Geographical location	48 ° 13 ' N , 9 ° 0' E Coordinates: 48 ° 13 '9 " N , 8 ° 59' 34" E
Setup date	July 14, 1986
administration	Regional Council Tübingen

"Mehlbaum" nature reserve (May 2016)

The Mehlbaum area is a nature reserve designated by ordinance of July 14, 1986 (NSG number 4.134) in Albstadt in the Zollernalb district of Baden-Württemberg in Germany .

location

The approximately twelve hectare “Mehlbaum” protected area is part of the “ Hohe Schwabenalb ” natural area . It is located about 2.2 kilometers northwest of the Ebinger city center, on the districts Ebingen and Margrethausen and an average height of 840 m above sea level. NHN .

description

The nature reserve “Mehlbaum” is described as “ Juniper heather with a special wealth of partly threatened and protected animal and plant species, including orchids , gentians , cat paws , swamp heart leaf ( Parnassia palustris ) and asparagus peas ( Lotus maritimus )”.

history

The area had not been used for a long time before the Protection Ordinance was issued. Therefore, growing shrubs and conifers threatened to displace the very rare plant species that still occur here.

After the designation as a protected area, the Albstadt Forestry Office began to look after the juniper heather in the early 1990s, in which the Alb-Neckar Nature Conservation Association also participated. Spruce and pine trees were sawn out and willow beech trees were exposed. The edge of the forest has also been carefully thinned out. This stopped the succession in the most sensitive areas of the semi-arid and dry grassland. The clearing not only appealed to the light and warmth-loving plant and animal species, but also to a number of shepherds who were under contract with the city of Albstadt elsewhere. As long as the juniper heather was overgrown with old grass and bushes, they were not interested in the flour tree area. But now they went far too often with their flocks to the cleared slope. The Protection Ordinance now proved to be useful in two respects: On the one hand, it was able to stimulate and finance the clearing, on the other hand it was possible to reduce agricultural overexploitation by modern migratory sheep farming to an intensity oriented towards the protection purpose.

Protection purpose

The main protection purpose is the preservation of the juniper heather, which is characterized by a special wealth of partly threatened and protected animal and plant species.

Hiking trails

The two long-distance hiking trails “ Donauberglandweg ” and “ Hohenzollernweg ” as well as the “Ochsenbergrunde”, one of eight signposted “ Albstadt Eaves ”, lead through the protected area .

Web links

Commons : Mehlbaum - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Ordinance, data evaluation sheet and map in the profile of the nature reserve in the protected area directory of the LUBW

Individual evidence

↑ NSG Atlas Text

↑ Profile of the nature reserve in the LUBW's list of protected areas

[1] NSG Atlas Text