Långnäsudden, Naturreservat

In early spring, many people come here to see the bluebells spreading across the slopes. In this nature reserve you can walk in a lush deciduous forest with many different plants and a teeming bird life. Långnäsuddens nature reserve is located 5 kilometers southwest of Bergvik and covers 37 hectares of forest land.

If you follow the path that goes into the reserve, you will soon come to a mixed forest with tall trees. Feel free to stop and listen to the rustling of the leaves in the coarse aspens.

This environment is home to fungi that need forests that have not been felled for a long time, such as the ragged sponge, yellow sponge and emperor mushroom. Aspen feather moss and other rare species of wood fungi and mosses have also been found.

Plenty of herbs and ferns

The soil in Långnäsudden is nutrient-rich. This favors the grove-like flora and means that there are plenty of herbs, grasses and ferns in the forest.

Aspen dominates among the deciduous trees, but birch, hazel and noble deciduous trees such as maple, ash and lime also grow in the reserve.

Traces of the beaver mill

A sheep farm once existed in the area. What remains today of Långnäs fäbod is a cottage that is not part of the reserve.

Traces of the pastoral farm are the foundation stones of a barn and the remains of a barn. And of course the leafy forest that has grown up on what used to be meadows and pastures.

Animal and plant life

You can see many dead trees in various stages of decomposition. The dead wood is important for insects, lichens and mosses and helps many birds to thrive in the reserve.

Chances are you'll hear a woodpecker drumming or the clear tones of the lesser flycatcher. Most of our woodpecker species nest here.

Aspen feather moss is unusual in today's Swedish forest landscape. In this reserve, however, the moss grows on the trunks of aspen and noble deciduous trees. Yellow thorn fungus can be found in older mixed coniferous forest.