Schützinger mirror
The nature reserve (NSG) Schützinger Spiegel in the Enzkreis in Baden-Württemberg covers an area of around 15.1 hectares , which is part of the Illingen area. The nature reserve ordinance of the Karlsruhe regional council dates from May 20, 1983.
location
The nature reserve is located in the Stromberg-Heuchelberg nature park on a southern slope of the Mettertal south of Schützingen (part of the city of Illingen). The NSG is part of the FFH area 7018-341 "Stromberg".
Protection purpose
During the vineyard consolidation in the early 1980s, the Baden-Württemberg nature conservation administration urged that part of the historic vineyards be preserved. The purpose of protection is conservation
- the semi-arid grasslands in the vineyard area with a number of particularly protected strongly and moderately endangered plant species,
- the forest edges with their natural transitional vegetation from semi-arid grass to the forest as a particularly valuable place of growth with a multitude of floristic features,
- the habitat of protected and endangered animal species.
Animal and plant species
The Schützinger Spiegel, a former fallow vineyard, is home to a multitude of rare and endangered animal and plant species. Sand poppy seeds ( Papaver argemone ) and Schöner Pippau ( Crepis pulchra ) can be found in open soils .
The grasslands are home to many treasures, such as the local orchids, mosquito handelwort ( Gymnadenia conopsea ), bee ragwort ( Ophrys apifera ), bumblebee ragwort ( Ophrys holoserica ), spider ragwort ( Ophrys sphegodes ), pyramidal dogwort ( Orchis pyramidalis ), Helmet orchid ( Orchis militaris ), purple orchid ( Orchis pupurea ) and the hybrid from both species. The occurrence of the Bocks belt tongue ( Himantoglossum hircinum ) was one of the reasons that the Schützinger Spiegel was declared a nature reserve. Other types of semi-dry grasslands as large broomrape ( Orobanche elatior ), Prunella laciniata ( Prunella laciniata ), cross gentian ( Gentiana cruciata ) and Yellow teeth consolation ( Odontides luteus ) emphasize the importance of the area.
The narrow-leaved flax ( Linum tenuifolium ) seems to have disappeared in the meantime.
Mountain forest hyacinth ( Platanthera chlorantha ), stately orchid ( Orchis mascula ), pitch rose ( Lychnis viscaria ) and great anemone ( Anemone sylvestris ) can be found on the edge of the forest above Stubensandstein .
Rare butterfly species include dwarf blues ( Cupido minimus ), purple bears ( Diacrisia purpurata ) and light green lichen owl ( Nyctobrya muralis ). The larvae of the stag beetle (Lucanus cervus) live in old oaks in the forest. The melancholy chirping of the wine cockerel ( Oecanthus pellucens ) can be heard in summer.
Breeding birds are or were Wryneck ( Jynx torquilla ) and Red-backed Shrike ( Lanius collurio ).
Maintenance measures
Protection and maintenance measures are laid down in a maintenance and development plan and by individual orders from the higher nature conservation authority (Karlsruhe Regional Council).
See also
literature
- Steffen Hammel and Thomas Grund: Orchid occurrences in fallow vineyards of the western Stromberg with special consideration of the local conditions and socialization. In: Mitt. Bl. Arbeitsskr. Home. Orch. Baden-Württ. Volume 25, No. 3, 1993, pp. 385-404.
- Steffen Hammel: Himantoglossum hircinum (L.) Spreng. in Stromberg (Baden-Württemberg) - distribution, dynamism, nature conservation. In: J. Eur. Orch. Volume 28, No. 2, 1996, pp. 323-337.
- Steffen Hammel: The vegetation of the nature reserve "Schützinger Spiegel" and its peripheral areas. In: Nature Conservation Landscape Maintenance Bad.-Württ. Volume 73, Karlsruhe 1999, pp. 175-198.
- Bernd-Jürgen Seitz: Relationships between bird life and vegetation in cultivated land (= supplement. Publ. Nature conservation landscape care Bad.-Württ., Volume 54). Karlsruhe 1989.
- District Office for Nature Conservation and Landscape Management Karlsruhe (Ed.): The nature reserves in the administrative district of Karlsruhe. Ostfildern 2000.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Steffen Hammel: The stranglers from Zabergäu, Stromberg and Heuchelberg. In: Zeitschr. Zabergäuver. Volume 1, 2014, pp. 1-20.
- ↑ Steffen Hammel: Thermophile Pechnelken- Seams ( Lychnis viscaria Seams) in the Stromberg. In: Jh. Ges. Naturkde. Württemberg. Volume 150, Stuttgart 1994, pp. 77-92.
- ↑ Steffen Hammel: On the occurrence of the great anemone ( Anemone sylvestris L.) in the Stromberg. In: Publ. Nature Conservation Landscape Management Bad.-Württ. Volume 68/69, Karlsruhe 1994, pp. 265-285.
Coordinates: 49 ° 0 '11.3 " N , 8 ° 54' 4.3" E