Espey Nature Reserve

Espey Nature Reserve IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
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location	Schmallenberg , Hochsauerlandkreis , North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany
surface	3.4 ha
Identifier	HSK-561
WDPA ID	389722
Geographical location	51 ° 9 '  N , 8 ° 9'  E Coordinates: 51 ° 8 '56 "  N , 8 ° 8' 41"  E
Setup date	2008
Framework plan	Landscape plan Schmallenberg northwest
administration	Lower landscape authority of the Hochsauerlandkreis

The Espey nature reserve, with a size of 3.4 hectares, is located at the Hebbecke farm southwest of Bracht in the Schmallenberg urban area . The area was designated as a nature reserve (NSG) by the Hochsauerlandkreis in 2008 with the Schmallenberg Northwest landscape plan .

Area description

The NSG is a hilltop with heather and forest. The fallow heather is planted with individual black pines and junipers . In the west of the NSG there is a former coppice with beech . Rare animal and plant species are found in the NSG.

Protection purpose

The NSG is supposed to protect the heather and the forest area with its species inventory.

As with all nature reserves in Germany, the protection designation pointed out that the area became a nature reserve “because of the rarity, special character and beauty of the area”.

See also

• List of nature reserves in the Hochsauerlandkreis

literature

• Hochsauerlandkreis - Lower Landscape Authority (ed.): Landscape plan Schmallenberg Northwest , Meschede 2008, p. 27.

Web links

• Nature reserve "HSK-561 Espey" in the specialist information system of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia