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Fotograf: Per Lindegård
Photo: Per Lindegård
Gryssebo, Naturreservat
- Nature reserve
- County: Kalmar län och Öland
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Description
Since the Middle Ages, farmers from Lilla and Stora Gryssebo have farmed these lands. The Stora Gryssebo farm was abandoned in the 1960s, but the foundations of houses and cellars can still be seen today. Today, the area is a haven for many unusual species, which thrive in the varied nature.
Village from the Middle Ages
The first farmers settled here at Gryssebo in the late 1400s. For several centuries, the villages of Lilla and Stora Gryssebo were surrounded by fields, meadows and pastures. Perhaps they also farmed on drained land by the drained Grytsjön lake. The farming era on the Stora Gryssebo farm ended in the 1960s. However, traces in the form of well-preserved cairns and stone walls still remain, reminding us of the history of the land.
Room for many
The nature reserve is a mosaic of old deciduous and coniferous forests, wetlands and open grasslands. This makes for a rich plant and animal life. Woodpeckers, woodland fungi and lichens associated with old deciduous trees thrive in the forest. The flower-rich roadsides and old farmland attract colorful butterflies and other insects.
Colorful quartet
Examples of butterflies you may see in the reserve in summer are the meadow metalwing, the six-spotted swallowtail, the broad-browed swallowtail and the lesser swallowtail. They are all part of the mongrel swarmers, a group of butterflies in which all seven Swedish species have declined as meadows and pastures have disappeared.
Activities And Facilities
- Nature reserve
Facts
Decision year: 2007
Area: 100 hectares
Municipality: Högsby
Landowners: Swedish Environmental Protection Agency and individuals
Administrator: Kalmar County Administrative Board
Directions
From road 23 between Fagerhult and Högsby, turn north at the sign for Gryssebo. After a few hundred meters keep right at the fork. This road leads to and through the reserve.
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.
- Deliberately disturbing wildlife.
- Bringing a dog or other animal that is not on a leash.
- Make a fire.
- Picking or damaging mosses, lichens or wood fungi.
- Digging or pulling up vascular plants.
- Damage or remove trees, stumps, bark, branches, shrubs or brush that are growing or dead.
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 motor vehicles, caravans or trailers other than on specially designated roads and places
- disturbing wildlife
- Bringing an unleashed dog or other loose pet.
- Make a fire.
- picking or damaging wood fungi, mosses or lichens
- digging or pulling up vascular plants
- Damage or remove growing or dead trees, stumps, bark, branches, bushes or brush.
The regulations under C do not apply to owners or holders of special rights to real estate.
Contact
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Per Markus Jönsson
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