Schurwald (FFH area)
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FFH area
"Schurwald" |
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 View over the Schurwald heights towards the Eastern Alb |
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| location | District of Esslingen , Göppingen district and Rems-Murr-Kreis , Baden-Wuerttemberg , Germany | |
| Identifier | DE-7222-341 | |
| WDPA ID | 555521848 | |
| Natura 2000 ID | DE7222341 | |
| FFH area | 30.333 km² | |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 46 ' N , 9 ° 29' E | |
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| Setup date | January 1, 2005 | |
| administration | Regional Council Stuttgart | |
| particularities | 17 sub-areas | |
The FFH area Schurwald is a protected area (protected area identifier DE-7222-341) in the German state of Baden-Württemberg that was registered in 2005 by the Stuttgart regional council in accordance with Directive 92/43 / EEC (Fauna-Flora-Habitat Directive) . With the ordinance of the regional council of Stuttgart on the definition of areas of community importance of October 30, 2018, the protected area was established.
location
The 3033.3 hectare protected area belongs to the natural areas 106 - Filder and 107 - Schurwald and Welzheimer Wald within the natural spatial main unit 10 - Swabian Keuper-Lias-Land . Its sub-areas, distributed over the southern Schurwald , extend over the markings of eleven cities and communities in the districts of Esslingen, Göppingen and Rems-Murr-Kreis:
- Aichwald - 30.33 ha = 1%
- Baltmannsweiler - 515.66 ha = 17%
- Lichtenwald - 212.33 ha = 7%
- Plochingen - 151.66 ha = 5%
- Esslingen am Neckar - 60.67 ha = 2%
- Ebersbach an der Fils - 91.00 ha = 3%
- Uhingen - 454.99 ha = 15%
- Wangen - 30.33 ha = 1%
- Schorndorf - 970.65 ha = 32%
- Winterbach - 454.99 ha = 15%
- Weinstadt - 60.67 ha = 2%
Description, protection purpose
There are 17 sub-areas of different sizes with closed forest areas traversed by blades on slopes in the catchment area of the Steigbachtal, Konbachtal and Schlierbachtal in the southern Schurwald between Rems and Filstal.
Habitat classes
(general characteristics of the area) (percentage of total area)
Information according to the standard data sheet from the Official Journal of the European Union
| N08 - heather, scrub, macchia, garrigue, phrygana | 2% | |||
| N10 - Moist and mesophilic grassland | 6% | |||
| N16 - deciduous forest | 36% | |||
| N17 - coniferous forest | 3% | |||
| N19 - mixed forest | 53% | |||
Habitat types
The following habitat types according to Annex I of the Habitats Directive occur in the area:
| EU code |
Habitat type (official name) | Short name | Hectares |
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| 3150 | Natural eutrophic lakes with magnopotamion or hydrocharition vegetation | Natural nutrient-rich lakes | 0.20 |
| 3260 | Rivers of the planar to montane level with vegetation of the Ranunculion fluitantis and the Callitricho-Batrachion | Running waters with flooding aquatic vegetation | 0.23 |
| 4030 | Dry European heaths | Dry heaths | 0.10 |
| 6210 | Near-natural dry limestone lawns and their stages of shrubbery (Festuco-Brometalia) | Lime grassland | 0.69 |
| 6410 | Pipe grass meadows on lime-rich soil, peaty and clayey-silty soils (Molinion caeruleae) | Pipe grass meadows | 0.47 |
| 6430 | Moist tall herbaceous vegetation of the planar and montane to alpine level | Moist tall herbaceous vegetation | 0.01 |
| 6510 | Lean lowland hay meadows (Alopecurus pratensis, Sanguisorba officinalis) | Lean, lowland hay meadows | 38.00 |
| 7220 | Tufa springs (cratoneurion) | Tufa springs | 0.11 |
| 7230 | Lime-rich fens | Lime-rich fens | 0.10 |
| 8220 | Silicate rocks with crevice vegetation | Silicate rocks with crevice vegetation | 0.50 |
| 8310 | Caves that are not open to tourists | Caves and balms | 0.001 |
| 9110 | Grove beech forest (Luzulo-Fagetum) | Grove beech forest | 546.00 |
| 9130 | Woodruff beech forest (Asperulo-Fagetum) | Woodruff beech forest | 1014.00 |
| 9160 | Subatlantic or Central European Pedunculate Oak Forest or Oak-Hornbeam Forest (Carpinion betuli) | Chickweed-oak-hornbeam forest | 1.00 |
| 9180 | Mixed ravine and hillside forests (Tilio-Acerion) | Mixed ravine and hillside forests | 0.60 |
| 91E0 | Alluvial forests with Alnus glutinosa and Fraxinus excelsior (Alno-Padion, Alnion incanae, Salicion albae) | Alluvial forests with alder, ash, willow | 5.90 |
Contiguous protected areas
Several landscape protection areas are wholly or partially congruent with the FFH area. The bird sanctuary for orchards and vineyards between Geradstetten, Rudersberg and Waldhausen touches the FFH area at two points near Schorndorf.
The following nature reserves are in the FFH area:
See also
Web links
- Data evaluation sheet and map in the profile of the FFH area in the protected area directory of the LUBW
- Profile of the Natura 2000 area 7322-341 Schurwald (FFH area) at the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation
