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Fotograf: Charlotta Larsson
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Solberga alvar, Naturreservat
- Nature reserve
- County: Kalmar län och Öland
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Description
Solberga alvar is dominated by thin, weathered limestone soils. Despite the barren environment, there are a number of specialized plants and animals that endure the extreme conditions. Many are unusual, some even unique to Öland!
Barren lands
In early summer, Solberga alvar is colored in white, yellow and violet. The flowers include Öland sunflower, thyme, sow thistle and alvar mallow - tough plants that can withstand frost, drought and floods. Many mosses and lichens also grow on the gravel alvar, with wormwood lichen, slender lichen and stiff lime moss being just a few examples.
Dry and wet meadows
Alongside the extremely lean soils of the gravel alvar are the somewhat richer dry meadows, where light coneflower, field bindweed and big fat bud are characteristic species. The reserve also contains wetlands and old, water-filled quarries bordered by flower-rich wet meadows with herbs such as onion chamomile, lousewort and lime-cress.
Traces from the past
In the Iron Age, the islanders traded with the Roman Empire. Several ancient castles and villages were built during this golden age of Öland. On Solberga alvar there are remains from this time in the form of three burial grounds and some round flat graves lined with stones (stone circles).
Alvarets walls
At the beginning of the 19th century, the pastures of the alvar were divided up between the villages. This is when the alvar got its characteristic grid of straight, sometimes mile-long stone walls. The walls not only kept the grazing animals in place, they also marked the boundaries between villages and farms. In the western part of Solberga alvar runs Mittmuren, a 3.5-mile-long stone wall that cuts across Stora alvaret from north to south.
Activities And Facilities
- Nature reserve
Facts
Year of decision: 2005
Area: 314 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 west of the village of Solberga on southern Öland. Follow road 136 south towards Ottenby to the road that cuts through the alvar, between Södra Möckleby in the west and the village of Torngård in the east. Along the road there is a parking and information point with picnic tables, approximately in the middle of the alvar. From here you can follow the tracked footpath to 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.
- Collect loose rocks or remove pieces of bedrock.
- Damaging fencing (for example, fences or barriers).
After consultation with the County Administrative Board, you may:
- Collect insects.
- 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
- Collect loose rocks or break off pieces of bedrock.
- Damage fences.
- carry out collection, survey or research without consulting the County Administrative Board.
Contact
Email address
Per Markus Jönsson
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