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Våtmarken i Åby urskog har aldrig varit dikad.
Photo: Länsstyrelsen Gävleborg
Åby Urskog, Naturreservat
- Nature reserve
- County: Gävleborgs län
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Description
Åby urskog is a 300-hectare nature reserve located in the northern part of Gävle municipality. The landscape is flat and characterized by nutrient-poor moraine soils with pine forests, marshes and a seemingly endless amount of boulders. Here you can experience an area of true wilderness. The wetland consists of soft mats of white moss and is easily accessible with a pair of boots on your feet.
The wetland, which is located in the center of the nature reserve, is uncultivated, which is very unusual. The surrounding forest has been left untouched and is rich in old trees. There are also many old aspens growing in the area, which is also unusual. There are also a few very old pine trees in the area, probably 300-500 years old.
Cultural-historical elements
Within the nature reserve there are traces of older forestry in the form of coal beds. The presence of the Axmar mill is the reason why coal beds are abundant in the forests in the area.
One of the decisive factors for the location of the mill was the rich supply of coal from the large forests in the area.
Animals in Åby primeval forest
The area is home to rare or endangered species of birds, beetles, mosses, lichens and fungi.
Three-toed woodpeckers**,** woodpeckers and green wrens have been observed in the area. There is a shimmering beetle, the bronze ladybird, which develops under the bark of recently dead spruces, mainly on late-growing trees.
The pine shoot beetle is a parasite on old living pines. Fruiting bodies first appear on pines that are 100-150 years old or older.
Leatherjackets are mainly found on the bark of old mossy deciduous trees (mainly maple, rowan, aspen and ash) in areas with high humidity.
Activities And Facilities
- Nature reserve
Facts
Skyddsår: 2008
Areal: 312 hektar
Karaktär: Skog och våtmark
Kommun: Gävle
Förvaltare: Länsstyrelsen
Skyddsområde: naturreservat
Directions
The nature reserve is located 13 kilometers north of Hamrånge. From the E4 highway. Turn off towards Axmarby at Axmartavlan. Follow the road for just over 5 kilometers and turn left onto a forest road (if you miss the forest road, you pass over the railway a few hundred meters further on). The forestry road is closed and it is about 7 kilometers to the information board/trail start! When you turn off, park at the road barrier. Follow the gravel road for 5 kilometers until you reach a T-junction, turn left and walk 1 kilometer, turn right and continue for another 1 kilometer.
Regulations
Special rules apply in the nature reserve. It is not allowed to:
- drive motorized vehicles other than on roads intended for motorized traffic. Exceptions apply to moose tractors or similar that are needed to transport larger game from the area during the hunting that is permitted in the nature reserve
- taking firewood. Burning is only permitted if own firewood has been brought
- damage, pick or collect plants, animals (including insects), fungi and lichens. However, picking berries, edible mushrooms and flowers for personal use is allowed, except for protected and red-listed species
- climbing nest trees, staying close to a bird of prey's nest, lair or burrow, or otherwise deliberately harming or disturbing wildlife. The exception is the hunting that may be carried out in the reserve
- breaking branches, felling or otherwise damaging living or dead trees and shrubs, or doing other damage to living or dead trees and plants, however, it is permitted to clear undergrowth, with a maximum diameter of 10 centimeters, to maintain existing shooting lanes during moose passes
- bring an off-leash dog or other unleashed pet. Exceptions apply to dogs during the hunting that may be conducted in the reserve
- put up a board, poster, poster, sign or make an inscription that damages a solid object or surface formation, such as moving or removing stones
- riding or cycling other than on roads intended for motorized traffic in a disturbing manner using recorded sound, or using such to attract
- birds or other animals
For full regulations, see the reserve decision.
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