Nature reserve Im Siesack

NSG in the siesack IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
Heck cattle in the nature reserve
location	Dortmund , North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany
surface	169.6 ha
Identifier	DO-013
WDPA ID	163884
Geographical location	51 ° 35 '  N , 7 ° 24'  E Coordinates: 51 ° 34 '39 "  N , 7 ° 24' 26"  E
Setup date	1990

The Im Siesack nature reserve is located in Dortmund in the Mengede district . It covers 169.6 hectares. The nature reserve "Im Siesack" was established on November 30, 1990 in the Dortmund-North landscape plan and also in the first amendment to the Dortmund-North landscape plan on September 2, 2005.

description

The nature reserve , located in the original Emscherbruch on the Dortmund-Ems Canal , reflects in its diversity the former cultural landscape of the Emscherland . It includes u. a. Arable land , grassland , forest areas with ponds , ponds and streams. A former spoil dump was also included in the nature reserve in the south of the area. This spoil dump was fenced in for a small group of rear cattle and is also the habitat of natterjack toad , common toad and forest lizard .

The nature reserve is a habitat of rare species, breed here next to Dove and Oriole also Sperber , barn owl and the little ringed plover . In ponds and grassland live grass and water frog , pond and Alpine newt . In 2014, notable plant species B. dog ostrich grass , needlewort ( Crassula helmsii ), common pennywort , onion bulrush , burning buttercup , black poplar and spreading water ragwort found.

Protection goals

Urban redevelopment is problematic for the nature reserve. The nature reserve is surrounded by the A2 motorway in the north, the Dortmund-Ems Canal in the east and an industrial park in the south. The most important protection goals are the preservation and development of a biotope complex consisting of open grassland, forests and bodies of water, in particular the promotion of a permanent extensive use concept is important in order to prevent encroachment and forest cover and to suppress the invasion of alien species.

See also

• List of nature reserves in North Rhine-Westphalia

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Excursions Dortmund-Mengede, NSG Siesack. Bochumer Botanischer Verein, July 19, 2014, accessed on March 3, 2017 (with list of plants). 

Web links

Commons : Naturschutzgebiet Im Siesack  - Collection of images

• Nature reserve “Im Siesack” (DO-013) in the specialist information system of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia
• Description of the nature reserve on the BUND-Dortmund website, accessed on October 9, 2012 (PDF; 61 kB)