Buchenberg nature reserve

The Buchenberg nature reserve with a size of 21.53  hectares is located northeast of Niedermarsberg in the urban area of Marsberg in the Hochsauerlandkreis . It was designated as a nature reserve (NSG) in 2008 with the Marsberg landscape plan . The Ohmberg / Bilstein nature reserve is only separated from the NSG by a narrow, steep grassland valley to the west.

description

The NSG comprises a young to medium- old mixed red beech forest on a limestone ridge that extends from north to south.

The limestone cliffs in the NSG represent valuable refuge biotopes for limestone-loving plant species. The plant community of limestone cliffs and beech forests in the hilltop area of ​​the area is valuable in terms of vegetation.

value

The database of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection of North Rhine-Westphalia writes about the NSG: “The value is determined by the extensive hardwood stocks and the plant communities of lime-loving mixed beech forests, which occupy almost the entire area.” And “The area is an important stepping stone biotope in the network of lime-loving beech forests , which represent a rare type of biotope in the predominantly siliceous Sauerland. "

See also

• List of landscape protection areas in the Hochsauerlandkreis

literature

• Hochsauerlandkreis - Lower Landscape Authority: Marsberg landscape plan (PDF; 1.4 MB). Meschede 2008, p. 45.

Web links

• Nature reserve “Buchenberg” in the specialist information system of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia

Coordinates: 51 ° 28 ′ 43 ″  N , 8 ° 53 ′ 9 ″  E