Emsfors-Karlshammar, Naturreservat
- Nature reserve
- County: Kalmar län och Öland
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Description
The nature reserve protects a stretch of the Emån river, which meanders through vast wetlands and lush floodplain forests. There are also barren rocky pine forests, rich broadleaf forests and mixed forests with old trees. The varied nature provides a habitat for a plethora of species, many of which are rare.
Open, wet lands
Wetlands - this is how the nature reserve can be summarized. The open land is a mosaic of marshes, swamps, bogs and reeds with open water surfaces. This is where lots of mosquitoes, dragonflies and other insects hatch in summer. The abundance of bugs attracts birds and bats. In the past, local farmers mowed these fields to make hay for their cattle, as evidenced by names like Flag and Nerängarna. Traditional haymaking has long since ceased, but to preserve the historic landscape, parts of the reserve are mown and grazed.
Lush forest
The forests along the Emån belong to a rare habitat type called flood forests. When the river floods, the trees receive a lot of nutrients from the water but are also stressed. Some trees therefore die, creating a large amount of decaying wood. This wood is very valuable for beetles and other wood-eating insects. Which in turn become food for woodpeckers and other birds with bugs on their menu.
Noble trees
The reserve's deciduous and mixed forests are only slightly affected by modern forestry. The forests are rich in deciduous trees, especially oak, but also lime, ash, maple and elm. There are also plenty of old and dead trees. The older, leafy forest provides habitats for many species of fungi, mosses, lichens and beetles. When biologists have studied the forests, they have found many unusual species.
Addition of fire-prone forest
In 2016, a pine forest adjacent to the nature reserve was ravaged by fire. Forests affected by fire are valuable natural habitats. This is partly because burnt, damaged and dead trees are important for many endangered insects and fungi. The fire-affected area was therefore incorporated into the nature reserve in 2019.
Activities And Facilities
- Nature reserve
Facts
Decision year: 2014, extended in 2019
Area: 595.6 hectares of which 529.5 hectares is land
Municipality: Mönsterås and Oskarshamn
Landowners: Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, Oskarshamn municipality and individuals
Manager: Kalmar County Administrative Board
Directions
For visits to Emsfors. From E22, take the exit towards Emsfors. The reserve is adjacent to the river, no parking is available but it is possible to park at the information sign at the crossing south of the bridges over the river. From Påskallavik, take Kristdalavägen west. Turn south at the crossing towards Karlshammar. Parking is available east of the road about 200 m north of the bridge over the Emån at Karlshammar.
Regulations
In the nature reserve you are not allowed:
- Drive a motorized vehicle off designated roads or trails.
- Park a vehicle, caravan or trailer in a place other than designated parking spaces.
- Drive a motorboat, jet ski or other motorized craft in the water area at a speed greater than 5 knots.
- Camping for more than one day in the same place.
- Mooring or anchoring a boat in the same place for more than 24 hours.
- Driving or landing a hovercraft, hydrocopter, low-flying aircraft or similar craft.
- Climbing trees with nests.
- Being near a bird of prey's nest, lair or burrow.
- Deliberately disturbing wildlife.
- Bringing a dog, or other animal, that is not on a leash.
- Making a fire anywhere other than in a barbecue you have brought or in an outdoor kitchen.
- Digging or pulling up vascular plants.
- Damage or remove trees, stumps, bark, branches, bushes or brush that are growing or dead.
If you have obtained a permit from the County Administrative Board, you may:
- Pick mosses, lichens or wood fungi.
- Set traps to collect insects.
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
It is forbidden to enter the reserve:
- drive motor vehicles other than on existing roads.
- park a motor vehicle, caravan or trailer other than on specially designated roads and places
- operate a motorboat, jet ski or other motorized craft at a speed greater than 5 knots
- camping for more than one day in the same place
- mooring or anchoring a boat in the same place for more than 24 hours
- flying low-flying aircraft or landing with aircraft
- climbing trees, staying near a bird of prey's nest, lair or burrow, or otherwise deliberately harming or disturbing wildlife
- Bringing a dog or other pet that is not on a leash.
- Make a fire other than in a barbecue or outdoor kitchen.
- Digging or pulling up vascular plants.
- Damage or remove growing or dead trees, stumps, bark, branches, bushes or brushwood.
It is forbidden to do this without the permission of the County Administrative Board:
- pick wood fungi, mosses or lichens.
- Collect insects with traps that kill.
The regulations under C do not apply to owners or holders of special rights to property or holders of other rights.
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Per Markus Jönsson
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