Long trees nature reserve

The long trees nature reserve with an area of 13.33 hectares is located in the area of the independent city of Hagen in North Rhine-Westphalia . The nature reserve (NSG) is located in the Hagen district of Holthausen . The NSG was designated in 1994 with the landscape plan of the city of Hagen by the city council of Hagen. In the east, the NSG borders directly on the L 693. In the east, the development of Holthausen borders directly. The NSG belongs to the FFH area Kalkbuchenwälder near Hohenlimburg (DE 4611-301). For FFH area limestone beech in Hohenlimburg include the north, east and southeast areas lying nature reserve Hunenpforte , nature reserve mast mountain and white stone , nature reserve Temporary mast mountain and nature reserve Raffenberg .

Area description

In the NSG there are forest areas and smaller grassland areas. In the forest there are mainly beech forests. The beech forest is orchid-beech forest, grove-beech forest and pearl grass beech forest. There are numerous orchids in the orchid-lime-beech forest. Some of the beeches are multi-stemmed, which indicates a former coppice forest use.

Protection purpose

The NSG was designated as a nature reserve for the preservation and restoration of communities or habitats of certain wild plant and wild animal species as well as for the preservation and development of nationally significant biotopes of rare and endangered as well as typical wild plant and animal species of European importance .