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Photo: Elisabet Wallsten
Albertas myr, Naturreservat
- Nature reserve
- County: Blekinge län
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Description
The bog in the border area between Blekinge and Skåne is an inaccessible but exciting area for those interested in bog plants. You may also come across capercaillie and moose here, and wander among the remains of ancient settlements and farmland. Remember to show consideration for the residents of the area when visiting the nature reserve.
Alberta's marsh is a gently sloping, silted marsh, which is an unusual type of marsh in Blekinge. It is essentially hydrologically intact and only affected by drainage and peat extraction to a very small extent. Alberta's bog slopes north and continues into Skåne, where it is known as Böke bog. Parts of Böke Myr are also a nature reserve. Albertas myr is named after Albert Persson, who owned and farmed the property for much of the 20th century.
Bog plants and other species
Large parts of Alberta's bog are affected by seepage of groundwater, which in places results in a great diversity of species. Here you can find vascular plants such as cold grass, coral root, missne, spiderwort, needle star, prickly star and marsh star, as well as mosses such as water crocus and rose hip, and the fungus mosswort. The bull thrives on the bog, as do moose and wild boar.
Around the bog there are pine and spruce forests and beech-dominated deciduous forests. At the current farm in the west and around an older croft in the east are open and tree-bearing grasslands, where you can meet heathy vascular plants, mosses and lichens. There are also traces of the former agricultural landscape in the form of house foundations, cairns, stone walls and remaining crofts.
Overgrowth of the open mire
Until the first half of the 20th century, Alberta's bog was completely open, but has since largely grown back with pine. This is something that has happened to most bogs in southern Sweden during the 20th century, partly due to drainage and other interventions that have changed water flows and dewatered the bogs, as well as due to increased deposition of fertilizers such as nitrogen. The almost complete disappearance of moorland grazing in the 20th century has also contributed to overgrowth. In order not to lose the natural values of the open mire, overgrowth needs to be stopped and pine and other overgrown vegetation removed.
Activities And Facilities
- Nature reserve
Facts
Year of protection: 2015
Municipality: Olofström
Character: Marshes, pastures, ancient cultural landscape
Area: 34 hectares, of which 33.9 hectares are land and 0.1 hectares water
Landowner: Private
Manager: Blekinge County Administrative Board
Type of protection: Nature reserve and Natura 2000
Directions
Albertas myr is quite inaccessible and you reach the nature reserve via road 15 between Vilshult and Lönsboda. A gravel road leads in from road 15 on the Scanian side of the county border. After a few hundred meters, a narrow gravel road turns right. You can get to the nature reserve by bus from Lönsboda or Olofström, line 562, and get off at Rönhult. The bus stop is located along road 15 and is about 3 kilometers from the nature reserve.
Regulations
You are welcome to visit the Alberta marsh, but please note that it is not allowed to
- damage land, destroy or damage any fixed natural object or surface formation
- prospect for minerals
- damage stone walls, cairns or other cultural and historical remains
- disturb wildlife
- damage living or dead trees and bushes and remove or burn dead wood
- picking mosses, lichens or wood-living fungi, more than is reasonably necessary for species identification
- capture or collect plants, fungi or animals in such a way as to damage or destroy their habitats or breeding grounds
- planting plant or animal species alien to the area, or breeds and types alien to the area
- bring an unleashed dog other than for herding livestock or hunting
- drive vehicles or ride horses other than on existing roads within the nature reserve
- set up a motor home or caravan for overnight stays
- camping for more than one day
- light a fire anywhere other than on a specially prepared fireplace.
Without permission from the county administrative board, you may not
- conduct scientific research involving sampling, marking, trapping, installation of equipment or any form of impact on plant or animal life
- use the area for competitions, camps or exercises that may disturb nature or the public's outdoor life
- put up a board, poster, poster, sign or similar other than temporarily, for a maximum of one week, and then in connection with hunting or in connection with organized outdoor activities.
Contact
Email address
Länsstyrelsen Blekinge
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