Juniper bush (nature reserve)

"Wacholderbusch" nature reserve IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
Juniper heather in the NSG Wacholderbusch in early spring
location	Burladingen , Zollernalbkreis , Baden-Württemberg , Germany
Area / extent	32.99 ha / 1100 m
Identifier	4,245
WDPA ID	166107
Geographical location	48 ° 17 '  N , 9 ° 4'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 17 '1 "  N , 9 ° 4' 0"  E
Sea level	from 708 m to 854 m
Setup date	July 20, 1994
administration	Regional Council Tübingen

The juniper bush is a nature reserve south of the Burladingen district of Hausen in the Killertal in the Zollernalbkreis in Baden-Württemberg .

meaning

The 33 hectare area has been designated as a nature reserve since July 20, 1994.

It is a mountain slope above the Starzel with juniper heather of various forms. Due to the exceptionally wide variety of habitat structures such Kalkmagerwiesen, lean lawns , chalk grasslands , lean grassland and hedgerows, the area is an important habitat for day , moths , grasshoppers , and food and breeding habitat for many bird species.

Protection purpose

The main protection purpose is the preservation, maintenance, improvement and further development of a mountain slope typical of the landscape of the Swabian Alb, in particular:

• the maintenance of the meadow areas, which are composed of nutrient-poor and dry sage-oat meadows, smooth oat meadows and limestone meadows, with their wealth of particularly protected plant species, e.g. B. small grape hyacinth and silver thistle;
• the maintenance and care of the grassland areas with their mosaic of different plant communities of the semi-arid lawn, the poor grassland, the fringing and hedge communities;
• the preservation and care of the juniper heather in the forms of the "pure juniper heather", the "juniper-beech heather" and the "juniper-spruce-forch heather". The changing soil and vegetation conditions in the area of ​​the juniper heaths result in a large variety of orchid species. The interlocking of heather areas with different levels of bushes and wood-free, shallow, short-grass areas offer ideal livelihoods, especially for grasshoppers, butterflies, two-winged birds and birds;
• the preservation of the near-natural beech forest with its gaps in growth due to the soil and exposure and the resulting rich herbaceous layer.

Due to the extraordinarily large variety of interlinked and interlinked biotope structures, the area as a whole represents an important habitat for insects. In particular, it has a high number of species of butterflies and moths and grasshoppers. The area provides feeding and breeding habitat for many endangered bird species, including the red backed killer.

See also

• List of nature reserves in the Zollernalb district

Web links

Commons : Juniper Wildlife Reserve  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Profile of the nature reserve in the LUBW's list of protected areas