Heerener Holz nature reserve

Heerener wood IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
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location	North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany
surface	66 ha
WDPA ID	163574
Geographical location	51 ° 35 '  N , 7 ° 42'  E Coordinates: 51 ° 34 '45 "  N , 7 ° 41' 56"  E
Setup date	1992

The Heerener Holz nature reserve is located in the Unna district in North Rhine-Westphalia .

The approximately 66 hectare area, which was placed under nature protection in 1992 , extends southeast of the core town of Kamen , directly on the western edge of the Kamen district of Heeren-Werve . West of the area extends the A 1 and northwest is the Kamener cross .

The protection takes place

• for the preservation, development and restoration of communities and biotopes / habitats of certain wild animal and plant species. Species-poor oaks - hornbeam forests , species-rich oak-hornbeam forests, stocks of alder - ash forests or ash floodplain forests , old wood stocks , forest edge areas, standing and lying dead wood , pronounced herbaceous and shrub sections , natural water-bearing ditches , natural water-bearing ditches are particularly considered to be biotopes or communities and hollows
• for scientific reasons

See also

• List of nature reserves in the Unna district

Web links

• "Heerener Holz" nature reserve in the specialist information system of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia