Mörbylånga - Öland
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Ryd, Naturreservat
- Nature reserve
- County: Kalmar län och Öland
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Description
The Ryd reserve protects a broadleaf forest with high natural values. The forest is part of Mittlandsskogen, which is southern Sweden's largest contiguous deciduous forest. The reserve also contains many well-preserved remains from the Iron Age.
From open to closed
Ryd is a typical example of Mittland's broadleaf forests that have grown up on former meadows and pastures when the cultivation ceased. Oak, ash, elm and willow are examples of tree species that have sprouted in the rich soils. In recent years, the forest has been hit hard by Dutch elm disease and ash dieback. Almost all the elm and ash trees in the area have been wiped out.
Lichen and fungi
The reserve's broadleaf forests are home to many unusual species that do not thrive in modern forests. Rarities such as brown lichen, large bud lichen and pink lichen grow on the rough bark of the old trees. The trees are also home to fungi such as thorny toadflax, leathery toadflax and cinnamon leather - signal species that indicate forests with high natural values.
Exciting flora
Ryd's broadleaf forests are home to a rich flora. Typical grove plants such as toothwort and spring pea grow in the lime-rich soil. Among the reserve's rarer plants are the desm bud and the lesser celandine.
Traces from the past
As you wander around the terrain, you may see house foundations, cairns and old enclosures. These well-preserved remains date from the Middle Iron Age. Complex ancient remains with farms and villages are unique to Öland, even in an international perspective.
Activities And Facilities
- Nature reserve
Facts
Year of decision: 2001
Area: 61.4 hectares
Municipality: Mörbylånga
Landowners: Swedish Environmental Protection Agency and individuals
Administrator: Kalmar County Administrative Board
Directions
Take road 136 towards Borgholm. At Isgärde turn east towards Ryd. From Ryds by - follow road signs towards the nature reserve.Parking at the eastern edge of the reserve.
Regulations
In the nature reserve you are not allowed:
- Drive a motorized vehicle.
- Park a motor vehicle, caravan or trailer.
- Camp for more than one day in the same place.
- Ride horses, drive horses and carriages or similar outside designated roads or paths.
- Bringing a dog or other animal that is not on a leash.
- Be closer than 100 meters to a bird of prey's nest, lair or burrow.
- Deliberately disturbing wildlife.
- Put up a board, sign, poster or similar device or make inscriptions.
- Making 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:
- Use the area for competitions or exercises.
- Carry out commercial activities.
After consultation with the County Administrative Board, you may:
- Conduct survey or research.
Full regulations
C. Regulations under Section 10 of the Nature Conservation Act on what the public must observe within the reserve.
In addition to what otherwise applies, it is forbidden to
- drive a motorized vehicle.
- Set up a caravan, motorhome or similar.
- camping for more than one day in the same place
- ride or drive a horse-drawn vehicle
- Bring an unleashed dog or other loose pet.
- disturbing wildlife, for example by deliberately staying closer than 100 m to a bird of prey's nest, lair or pot
- Put up a board, sign, poster or similar device or make an inscription.
- Making a fire.
- Digging up, picking or damaging plants or plant parts with the exception of berries and edible mushrooms.
- 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 competition or training purposes.
- conduct commercial activities without the permission of the County Administrative Board
- Without consultation with the County Administrative Board, carry out collection, investigation or research.
Contact
Email address
Per Markus Jönsson
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