Wasenmoos near Grünkraut

	"Wasenmoos bei Grünkraut" nature reserve IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
	The Wasenmoos in early summer
location	Grünkraut , Ravensburg district , Baden-Württemberg , Germany
surface	25.49 hectares
Identifier	4.064
WDPA ID	82867
Geographical location	47 ° 45 ' N , 9 ° 40' E Coordinates: 47 ° 44 '31 " N , 9 ° 39' 43" E
Setup date	December 21, 1973
administration	Regional Council Tübingen

Wasenmoos in winter

The Wasenmoos area near Grünkraut is a nature reserve (NSG number 4.064) in the east of the Baden-Württemberg community of Grünkraut in the Ravensburg district in Germany , which was designated by the Tübingen Regional Council of December 21, 1973 .

location

The approximately 26 hectare Wasenmoos nature reserve near Grünkraut is part of the Westallgäu hill country. It is located east of the center of Grünkraut, between the districts of Bechenried , Kronhalden , Gommetsweiler and Hübschenberg , at an altitude of 600 m above sea level. NN . It should not be confused with the NSG Wasenmoos (Tettnang) south of Liebenau, only about six kilometers away .

Protection purpose

The main protection purpose is the preservation of the primeval birch bog forests in a mosaic with small-area intermediate bog and flat bog communities .

Flora and fauna

flora

From the flora worthy of protection , the following plant species and communities are to be named:

Buckthorn (Frangula alnus), from the family of Buckthorn family

Norway spruce (Picea abies), a species of the pine family

Cabbage thistle ( Cirsium oleraceum ), from the daisy family

Cuckoo's light carnation ( Lychnis flos-cuculi ), a species of the carnation family

Downy birch (Betula pubescens), a species of the birch family

Marsh marigold ( Caltha palustris ), a member of the buttercup family

Mehlprimel-Kopfbinsenried
Bog edge forest with pine, birch, black alder and spruce

fauna

A total of 178 day and night butterflies , 28 breeding bird species and 31 species of foraging / migrants have been recorded in the Wasenmoos .

Individual evidence

^ Government gazette for Baden-Württemberg on the nature reserve "Wasenmoos bei Grünkraut" of December 21, 1973 (Journal of Laws of February 12, 1974, p. 63)

Web links

Commons : Wasenmoos nature reserve near Grünkraut - collection of images, videos and audio files

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

[1] Government gazette for Baden-Württemberg on the nature reserve "Wasenmoos bei Grünkraut" of December 21, 1973 (Journal of Laws of February 12, 1974, p. 63)