Sandstone Spessart

	FFH area ; "Sandstein Spessart"
	View of the main valley between Boxtal and Freudenberg in the FFH area "Sandstein Spessart", 2016
location	Main-Tauber district
Identifier	DE-6222-341
WDPA ID	555521406
Natura 2000 ID	DE6222341
FFH area	2.691 km²
Geographical location	49 ° 45 ' N , 9 ° 23' E Coordinates: 49 ° 45 '13 " N , 9 ° 23' 18" E
Setup date	2004
administration	Regional Council Stuttgart

The FFH area Sandstein Spessart is a protected area (protected area identifier DE-6222-341) in the Main-Tauber district in the Franconian north-east that has been designated by regulation of the Stuttgart regional council in accordance with Directive 92/43 / EEC (Fauna-Flora-Habitat Directive) Baden-Württemberg . The FFH area is part of the European Natura 2000 network of protected areas .

description

The FFH area comprises mixed forest areas with spring areas, fields , meadows and wet locations with sandy soils in the floodplain of the Main Valley , extensively used grassland (partly orchards) in the Wildbachtal and a quarry near Ebenheid .

The following habitat types according to Annex I of the Habitats Directive occur in the area:

Limestone (semi) dry lawns and their stages of shrubbery (* orchid-rich stands)
Species-rich bristle grass lawn
Moist tall herbaceous vegetation
Lean, lowland hay meadows
Alder, ash and softwood alluvial forests
Silicate rocks with crevice vegetation
Grove beech forests
Nutrient-poor to moderately nutrient-rich still waters with beach lions or dwarf rush communities
Natural and near-natural nutrient-rich still waters with spawning or frog-bite communities

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↑ ^a ^b ^c BfN: 6222-341 Sandstone Spessart (FFH area) . Online at www.bfn.de. Retrieved March 19, 2019.