Mörbylånga - Öland
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Fotograf: Charlotta Larsson
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Mellstaby alvar, Naturreservat
- Nature reserve
- County: Kalmar län och Öland
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Description
Mellstaby alvar is a mosaic of barren rocky areas, flower-rich grasslands and lush wet meadows. Here you can experience the alvar's unique plant and animal life. There are also several interesting ancient monuments in the area.
Rare plant
Large parts of Mellstaby alvar are open gravel alvar. In early summer, the alvar glows yellow with Öland's landscape flower, the Öland sunflower. It grows nowhere else in the world! On Mellstaby alvar, there are large quantities of the Öland sunflower.
Dry meadows
There are several low moraine ridges in the reserve. The ridges consist of everything from large stones to fine-grained sand left by the ice sheet. The vegetation here looks a little different compared to the gravel alvar. Characteristic species include various grasses such as meadow oats and flentimothy, as well as the herbs wild linseed, wild bread and field bindweed.
Valuable stream
The Överbäcken stream runs to the south. The small watercourse is bordered by beautiful wet meadows, where mayweed, meadowsweet and meadowsweet contribute with pink color splendor. The damp, occasionally flooded land is valuable for bird life. Here, waders such as the southern marsh wren, red-legged kittiwake and curlew can feed on all the bugs in the wetland.
Inhabited for a long time
People have lived and worked on Alvaret for thousands of years. There are plenty of ancient remains from the Iron Age onwards that are clearly visible in the open landscape - house foundations, stone circles, cairns as well as the remains of ancient fences for the cattle (stone strings). The reserve also has fine hollow ways. These are roads that have been worn by wandering cattle and people over the millennia.
Activities And Facilities
- Nature reserve
Facts
Year of decision: 2005
Area: 216.4 hectares
Municipality: Mörbylånga
Landowner: Individual
Administrator: Kalmar County Administrative Board
The reserve is located within the World Heritage Site of Southern Öland's cultivated landscape
Directions
The reserve is located south of the Solberga alvar nature reserve, which is located on Stora alvaret between Södra Möckleby and Torngård. The reserve is most easily reached on foot via Solberga alvar from the information and parking lot located approximately in the middle of the alvar along the road. The reserve can also be reached on foot in its southeastern part, where there is an information sign. There are stiles in the eastern and western parts of the reserve.
Regulations
In the nature reserve you are not allowed:
- Park a vehicle, caravan or trailer in any place other than designated parking areas.
- Bring dogs or other animals that are not on a leash.
- Make a fire.
- Hunting, killing, capturing or harming wild mammals, amphibians, reptiles or birds.
- Remove or damage eggs or nests.
- Deliberately disturbing wildlife.
- Damage or remove trees or shrubs that are growing or dead.
- Digging or pulling up plants or plant parts by the roots.
- Damaging fencing (for example, fences or barriers).
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 within the reserve.
In addition to what otherwise applies, it is prohibited to:
- set up motor vehicles, caravans or trailers other than on specially designated roads and places.
- bring an unleashed dog or other loose pet.
- Make a fire.
- Hunting, killing, capturing or harming wild mammals, amphibians, reptiles or birds, removing or damaging eggs or nests or otherwise disturbing wildlife.
- Damage or remove growing or dead trees and shrubs.
- digging or pulling up plants or plant parts by the roots
- Damage fences.
- Without consulting the County Administrative Board, carry out collection, investigation or research.
The regulations under C do not apply to landowners and holders of special rights for the measures needed to meet the purpose of the reserve and which are stated in the established management plan for the area.
The hunting right holder disposes of the hunt without restrictions of the regulations under points 2 and 4.
Contact
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Per Markus Jönsson
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