Moorkamp near Süddorf

Moorkamp near Süddorf IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
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location	Southwest of Edewecht , Ammerland district , Lower Saxony
surface	19.6 ha
Identifier	NSG WE 199
WDPA ID	164679
Geographical location	53 ° 6 '  N , 7 ° 57'  E Coordinates: 53 ° 5 '38 "  N , 7 ° 57' 10"  E
Sea level	from 6 m to 19 m
Setup date	June 30, 1990
administration	NLWKN

The Moorkamp near Süddorf is a nature reserve in the Lower Saxony municipality of Edewecht in the Ammerland district .

The nature reserve with the sign NSG WE 199 is 19.6  hectares in size. The area has been under nature protection since February 6, 2010 and replaces the nature reserve of the same name from 1990. The responsible lower nature conservation authority is the Ammerland district.

The nature reserve is located southwest of Edewecht and a little north of the coastal channel . The area is a remnant of the formerly extensive high moor Vehnemoor . Parts of the bog have been changed by hand peat digging . The moor is to be renatured by rewetting . In the moor area you will find birch, moor forests and pipe grasses . In the east, the moorland is bounded by the embankment of the former Bad Zwischenahn – Edewechterdamm railway . There are mainly oaks to be found there.

The grassland areas adjacent to the moor are included in the nature reserve.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Ordinance of December 9th, 2009 on the nature reserve "Moorkamp bei Süddorf" in the municipality of Edewecht, district of Ammerland , district of Ammerland (PDF, 320 kB). Retrieved May 9, 2019.