Nature reserve Former limestone quarry near Eichhof

Nature reserve Former limestone quarry near Eichhof IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
Former Steinbüchel limestone quarry
location	Kürten , North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany
surface	0.41 ha
Identifier	GL-015
WDPA ID	329340
Geographical location	51 ° 2 '  N , 7 ° 16'  E Coordinates: 51 ° 1 '34 "  N , 7 ° 15' 35"  E
Setup date	1990
Framework plan	Landscape plan of the municipality of Kürten
administration	Lower landscape authority Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis

The former limestone quarry nature reserve near Eichhof is a nature reserve in the Eichhof district of the municipality of Kürten in the Rheinisch-Bergisches Kreis .

description

On the south-eastern slope of a meadow valley near the stream, the protected area encompasses a species-rich field wood , which ends on the northern edge with the ivy-covered , low-height rock wall of a former limestone quarry .

Vegetation and protection

The herbaceous layer in the previously more thinned stand, which was dominated by the hornbeam ( carpinus betulus ), indicates the woodruff beech forest as a potential natural vegetation. The value of the nature reserve relates in particular to its function as a habitat of the field trees for herbaceous plants and the biotope network as a stepping stone for the vegetation of the beech forests in the Paffrath limestone basin .

The protection serves to preserve and restore the so-called lime slope forest Steinbüchel with its high biodiversity and regional importance as a stepping stone biotope . The protection takes place in particular because of its lark spur occurrence . The following protection purposes are specified in detail:

• Preservation and development of the hillside forest as a habitat for endangered and rare plant species, especially geophytes and adapted plant species on calcareous soils,
• Preservation and securing of a part of the landscape of a limestone quarry with crevices, quarries and limestone soils as valuable rare ecological special locations.

See also

• List of nature reserves in the Rheinisch-Bergisches Kreis

Web links

• The District Administrator of the Rheinisch-Bergisches Kreis - Landscape Plan Kürten, text part 06/2012, p. 45, accessed on March 21, 2017

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Nature reserve "Former limestone quarry near Eichhof" (GL-015) in the specialist information system of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia , accessed on April 14, 2017.