Fotograf: Martin Hägerås
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Gullaboås, Naturreservat

Nature reserve

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County: Kalmar län och Öland

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Description

The forest in Gullaboås has been untouched for several decades. There are large trees, high stumps and fallen trunks. For species that do not thrive in managed forests, the reserve is a refuge.

From forestry to wilderness

In the nature reserve you can experience a forest that takes care of itself. Here the trees die of old age. Or natural processes such as insect infestation. Characteristic of natural forest is also the mix of tree species. In the reserve, spruce is most common, but there are also pine, aspen, birch, beech, willow and alder.

Signal species

Reed canary grass, blue moss, wood moss and long-lobed moss are examples of signal species found in the reserve. They are species typical of forests with high natural values. Another example is the old spruce lichen. It grows on old spruce trunks in areas where there has been forest for a long time.

Tracks in the fields

In the western part of the reserve there are the remains of a pair of cinder wolves. The cinder blocks are nine and four meters in diameter and overgrown with grass and moss. A slag heap was a pile of residual products from iron production. The iron was produced in blast furnaces. Perhaps the half-meter-high collection of over-dried, moss-covered stones adjacent to the warps are the remains of an old furnace? The iron was probably made using bog ore, which was probably taken from the nearby former wetland.

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Activities And Facilities

Year of decision: 2002

Area: 25.8 hectares

Municipality: Torsås

Landowners: Swedish Environmental Protection Agency and individuals

Administrator: Kalmar County Administrative Board

The reserve is easily accessible between Gullaboås and Bidalite in Torsås municipality.

In the nature reserve you are not allowed:

Drive a motorized vehicle off designated roads or trails.
Park a motor vehicle, caravan or trailer overnight.
Bring a dog or other animal that is not on a leash.
Put up a board, sign, poster or similar device or make inscriptions.
Build a fire.
Digging, pulling up or picking plants or plant parts. You may pick berries and edible mushrooms.
Damage or remove trees, stumps, bark, branches, bushes or reeds that are growing or dead.

If you have permission from the County Administrative Board, you may:

Carry out commercial activities.
Use the area for competitions, exercises or other events.

After consultation with the County Administrative Board, you may:

Conduct survey or research.

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.

In addition to what otherwise applies, it is prohibited to:

drive any kind of vehicle other than on existing roads.
park a motor vehicle, caravan or trailer overnight
bring an unleashed dog or other loose pet
erecting a board, sign, poster or similar device or making an inscription
Making a fire.
digging up, picking or damaging plants (including cryptogams) or plant parts with the exception of berries and edible mushrooms for domestic use
Damage or remove growing or dead trees, stumps, bark, branches, bushes or brushwood.
Without the permission of the County Administrative Board, use the area for commercial use of the right of public access, competition or exercise purposes, or other similar arrangements that may damage the conservation values of the area.
Without consultation with the County Administrative Board, carry out collection, investigation or research.

Regulations 1, 3, 5 and 7 under point C do not apply to landowners or holders of special rights.