Wettersteinwald natural forest reserve
The Wettersteinwald natural forest reserve is an area of 42.6 hectares in the eastern part of the Wetterstein Mountains . It is located in the administrative district of Upper Bavaria and includes a state-owned forest area. It is one of the first reserves designated in 1978 under the Forest Act for Bavaria (BayWaldG), Article 12a . The area is dominated by Swiss stone pine , mountain pine and spruce , and it is now home to some species of beetle believed to be extinct or lost as so-called jungle relic species .
Location and boundaries
The area is located in the eastern part of the Wetterstein Mountains and includes in the north the western part of the Kämikopf , which is over 1,800 meters high , a saddle in front of the Wettersteinwand, and the 250 to 300-meter-wide forest belt in the hollow to the south. The area extends from north to south by one kilometer and from west to east about 450 meters. The difference in altitude is around 450 meters , the highest point at 1861 meters is at the Kämikopf, the lowest at 1390 meters. A neighboring place in the east is Mittenwald .
Soil conditions and geology
The underground rock in the area consists of Wetterstein limestone and its erosion rubble. Large parts of the northern slope are covered by a clay-like soil with parts of silt , marl and rocks. The hollow in the southern area has a clay-like soil.
flora
The spruce forest, interspersed with the plant species Grauer Alpendost , with an area of 19 ha, has the largest proportion of vegetation ; it occurs at altitudes from 1400 to 1600 meters. Lean lawns and pastures on the cultivated area of the Kämialm cover 11 hectares. The stone pine forest with alpine rose and pine stands on carbonate-rich humus soil covers eight hectares at an altitude of 1600 to 1800 meters. The remaining area consists of rocks and rubble corridors with changing vegetation. In addition to the dominant spruce, which is over 30 meters high, there are also silver fir and sycamore maple .
Wildlife
The Wettersteinwald natural forest reserve is of particular importance for the survival of beetle species, in the so-called dead wood , i.e. dead trees that are not removed from the reserve. To the observed area beetles include species from the families of the colored beetles , click beetles , Pochkäfer , Dark beetle , black beetle and longhorn beetle , all in the endangered Red List species are listed.
literature
- Ludwig Albrecht, Remigius Geiser, Hans-Gerd Michiels, Wolfgang Neuerburg, Josef Rauh: The Wettersteinwald natural forest reserve in: Yearbook of the Association for the Protection of the Mountains , 53rd year, Munich 1988
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Database of natural forest reserves in Germany
- ↑ Ludwig Albrecht et al. : The Wettersteinwald natural forest reserve in: Yearbook of the Association for the Protection of the Mountain World, 53rd year, Munich 1988, p. 89
- ↑ Ludwig Albrecht et al. : P. 90 f.
- ↑ Ludwig Albrecht et al. : P. 101 ff.
Coordinates: 47 ° 25 ′ 56 ″ N , 11 ° 9 ′ 50 ″ E