Seckach Valley and Schefflenz Forest

FFH area "Seckachtal and Schefflenzer Wald"
The lower Fischbach , a right tributary of the Seckach , near Sennfeld in the FFH area "Seckachtal und Schefflenzer Wald", 2011
location	Districts of Heilbronn , Main-Tauber and Neckar-Odenwald
Identifier	DE-6522-311
WDPA ID	555623498
Natura 2000 ID	DE6522311
FFH area	26.99 km²
Geographical location	49 ° 27 '  N , 9 ° 26'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 27 '21 "  N , 9 ° 26' 8"  E
Setup date	2005
administration	Regional councils Stuttgart and Karlsruhe
particularities	until 2015: Seckach and tributaries as well as Schefflenz forest

The FFH area Seckachtal and Schefflenzer Wald is a protected area (protected area identifier DE-6522-311) in the district of Heilbronn , in the Main, designated by ordinance of the regional councils of Stuttgart and Karlsruhe in accordance with Directive 92/43 / EEC (Fauna-Flora-Habitat Directive) -Tauber district and in the Neckar-Odenwald district in Baden-Württemberg . The FFH area is part of the European Natura 2000 network of protected areas .

description

The FFH area comprises a large beech forest area as a habitat for bats , stag beetles and Dicranum viride , pine trees rich in hardwood - mixed forest . Open meadow valleys, meandering near-natural streams with grass-rich alluvial forest , spring swamps, a stalactite cave and arable areas .

Protection purpose

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)
• Moist tall herbaceous vegetation
• Lean, lowland hay meadows
• Limestone scree slopes of the colline to montane level
• Limestone cliffs with crevice vegetation
• Alder, ash and softwood alluvial forests
• Caves that are not open to tourists
• Woodruff beech forests
• Running waters with flooding aquatic vegetation

See also

• List of FFH areas in Baden-Württemberg

Web links

Commons : FFH area Seckachtal and Schefflenzer Wald  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Profile of the FFH area  Seckachtal and Schefflenzer Wald in the protected area directory of the LUBW

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} BfN: 6522-311 Seckachtal and Schefflenzer Wald (FFH area) . Online at www.bfn.de. Retrieved March 19, 2019.