• Fotograf: Charlotta Larsson
    Fotograf: Charlotta Larsson
    Foto: Charlotta Larsson
  • Hästskoräka (Triops cancriformis) i vattensamling på alvaret. Fotograf: Charlotta Larsson
    Hästskoräka (Triops cancriformis) i vattensamling på alvaret. Fotograf: Charlotta Larsson

Hammarby - Smedby, Naturvårdsområde

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The scent of wild thyme, the wistful whistle of the heath pipit and, if you're lucky, the humming of roseate grasshoppers - the rare and barren nature of the Great Alvar offers many experiences!

Alvar landscape

The nature on Hammarby and Smedby alvar is a mosaic of the alvar's diverse environments. Large parts are made up of the alvar's typical gravel fields and rocks. Here and there, dry and wet meadows spread out like green islands. To the west of Storåsen, a ridge that runs through the reserve in a north-south direction, there is a string of wetlands and wetlands.

Barren but rich

Thin soils, high summer temperatures resulting in drought and grazing - these are the conditions for the inhabitants of the alvar. In this very special environment, we find plants that originate from the tundras of the mountains as well as from Mediterranean countries. There are also unusual species of animals, such as the alvar snail. Öland is the only place in Northern Europe where this rarity has been found.

Grazing vegetation

Alvaret is a cultural landscape, created by man and his grazing animals. Grazing has tamed the vegetation for thousands of years - no plant has been able to take over and outcompete the others. On your walk through the reserve you will have the opportunity to see many different plants. In the dry meadows, thyme, rock crab, pimpinell and soapwort grow, and in the calcareous wet meadows, hay flower, marsh gentian and waterweed. The flora of the gravel and rocky ground alvar includes island sunflower, sand onion, alvar wormwood and white buttercup. A characteristic species for the area is the toadflax, a low-growing shrub with yellow flowers that in Sweden only grows wild on Öland and Gotland.

Storåsen

Three kilometers out on the alvar is Storåsen, a ridge running north-south. Storåsen dams some of the Alvar's water flows, and has thus created a string of wetlands and wet meadows along its western edge. When you walk along the alvar road and arrive at Storåsen, there are house foundations. If you then continue along the alvar road to the east, you will pass a large moving block with bowl pits. The road then continues on the other side of the central wall from Skärlövs alvar all the way to Skärlöv. All along Storåsen, where the soil is thick, the trees grow tall; mainly pine and birch. The juniper bushes grow several meters high and form dense curtains together with the trees.

Folklore

It is believed that people lived in these areas as early as the Stone Age. A little way into the alvar there is a large migratory block with bowl pits. Even in modern times, islanders have sacrificed coins and pancake batter in the pits, to get help and guidance in life. Perhaps it's a tradition that goes back many thousands of years.

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Year of decision: 1999
Area: 595.8 hectares
Municipality: Mörbylånga
Landowner: Individual
Administrator: Kalmar County Administrative Board

The reserve is located within the World Heritage Site of Southern Öland's cultivated landscape

Rutevejledning

The reserve is located on the western side of Stora Alvaret, immediately east of the village of Smedby, about 6 km S Kastlösa. Follow road 136 south towards Ottenby. Pass the villages Kastlösa and Bjärby. Take the small road that goes in to the left, opposite the turnoff to Smedby. There is a parking lot at the mill. From here you can walk along a farm road out on Smedby alvar and continue east across Hammarby alvar.

Regler

In the nature reserve you are not allowed:

  • Drive a motorized vehicle.
  • Camp more than one night in the same place.
  • Bring a dog or other animal that is not on a leash.
  • Make a fire.
  • Hunting, killing, capturing or harming wild mammals, amphibians, reptiles or birds.
  • Remove or damage eggs or nests.
  • Deliberately disturbing wildlife.
  • Damage or remove trees or shrubs that are growing or dead.
  • Digging or pulling up plants or plant parts by the roots.
  • Collecting loose rocks or removing pieces of bedrock.
  • Organizing orienteering competitions or training.
  • Damaging fencing (e.g. fences or barriers).
  • Damage to ancient monuments (e.g. stone walls, cairns, etc.)

After consultation with the County Administrative Board, you may:

  • Conduct survey or research.

Full regulations

C. Regulations according to Chapter 7, Section 30 of the Environmental Code on the right to travel and stay in the reserve and on order in general.

Within the area it is forbidden to:

  1. drive a motorized vehicle,
  2. camp more than one night in the same place,
  3. bring an unleashed dog or other loose pet,
  4. make a fire
  5. hunt, kill, capture or injure wild mammals, amphibians, reptiles or birds, remove or damage eggs or nests or otherwise disturb wildlife
  6. damage or remove growing or dead trees and shrubs
  7. digging or pulling up plants or plant parts by the roots
  8. collecting loose rocks or breaking off pieces of bedrock
  9. use the area for an orienteering competition or similar
  10. damaging fences
  11. damage ancient monuments.

The regulations under C do not apply to landowners and holders of special rights for the measures needed to meet the purpose of the nature conservation area and which are specified under B and D or appear in the established management plan for the area.

The hunting right holder disposes of the hunt without restriction of the regulations under C3 and C5.

Surveys or research must be carried out in consultation with the county administrative board.

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