Welzheimer Wald (FFH area)

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FFH area
"Welzheimer Wald"
Leineck flood retention basin

Leineck flood retention basin

location 13 cities and municipalities in the Rems-Murr district and in the Ostalb district in Baden-Württemberg , Germany
Identifier DE-7123-341
WDPA ID 555521807
Natura 2000 ID DE7123341
FFH area 9.769 km²
Geographical location 48 ° 52 '  N , 9 ° 43'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 52 '7 "  N , 9 ° 42' 37"  E
Welzheimer Wald (FFH area) (Baden-Württemberg)
Welzheimer Wald (FFH area)
Setup date January 1, 2005
administration Regional Council Stuttgart
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The FFH area Welzheimer Wald is a protected area (protected area identifier DE-6726-341) 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 area was determined.

location

The 976.89 hectare protected area belongs to the natural areas 107- Schurwald and Welzheimer Wald and 108- Swabian-Franconian Forest Mountains within the main natural unit 10- Swabian Keuper-Lias-Land .

It consists of numerous sub-areas and extends over the markings of thirteen cities and municipalities in the Rems-Murr district and in the Ostalb district: Alfdorf , Althütte , Kaisersbach , Murrhardt , Rudersberg , Schorndorf , Urbach , Welzheim , Durlangen , Gschwend , Mutlangen , Ruppertshofen and Spraitbach .

Description and purpose of protection

The protected area includes larger contiguous meadow valleys in the midst of large forests, near-natural flowing waters with wooded fringes, wooded blades and gorges. There are ten caves in the area.

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

N10 - Moist and mesophilic grassland
  
 49%
N14 - Meliorated grassland
  
 4%
N15 - Other farmland
  
 1 %
N16 - deciduous forest
  
 7%
N17 - coniferous forest
  
 19%
N19 - mixed forest
  
 18%
N21 - non-forest areas with wooden plants
  
 2%

Habitat types

According to Appendix 1 of the ordinance of the Stuttgart Regional Council on the definition of areas of Community importance (FFH ordinance) of October 30, 2018, 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
3130 Oligo- to mesotrophic standing water with vegetation of the Littorelletea uniflorae and / or the Isoëto-Nanojuncetea Nutrient-poor to moderately nutrient-rich still waters 0.082
3150 Natural eutrophic lakes with magnopotamion or hydrocharition vegetation Natural nutrient-rich lakes 4,842
3260 Rivers of the planar to montane level with vegetation of the Ranunculion fluitantis and the Callitricho-Batrachion Running waters with flooding aquatic vegetation 14,100
6230 Species-rich montane grass grass on silicate soils Species-rich bristle grass lawn 1.415
6410 Pipe grass meadows on lime-rich soil, peaty and clayey-silty soils Pipe grass meadows 4.497
6430 Moist tall herbaceous vegetation of the planar and montane to alpine level Moist tall herbaceous vegetation 3.050
6510 Lean lowland hay meadows (Alopecurus pratensis, Sanguisorba officinalis) Lean, lowland hay meadows 102.038
7140 Transitional and swinging lawn bogs Transitional and swinging lawn bogs 0.568
7220 Tufa springs (cratoneurion) Tufa springs 0.029
7230 Lime-rich fens Lime-rich fens 0.098
8220 Silicate rocks with crevice vegetation Silicate rocks with crevice vegetation 0.537
8310 Caves that are not open to tourists caves 0.001
9130 Woodruff beech forest (Asperulo-Fagetum) Woodruff beech forest 11,100
9180 Mixed ravine and hillside forests (Tilio-Acerion) Mixed ravine and hillside forests 11,370
91E0 Alluvial forests with Alnus glutinosa and Fraxinus excelsior (Alno-Padion, Alnion incanae, Salicion albae) Alluvial forests with alder, ash, willow 55,802

Contiguous protected areas

The FFH area overlaps with several landscape protection areas . Large parts of the area are in the Swabian-Franconian Forest Nature Park . The Geldmacherklinge natural monument is also located in the FFH area. The following nature reserves are wholly or partially in the area:

See also

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