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Strandskogen, Naturreservat

Nature reserve

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County: Kalmar län och Öland

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Description

Strandskogen is home to magnificent beetles, strange fungi and beautiful flowers. The forest is part of the strip of deciduous forest that grows along the coast between Borgholm and Halltorp. The reserve also includes marine environments with lush eelgrass and seaweed meadows.

Forest with noble trees

The oak is Strandskogen's most common tree species. There are also plenty of other deciduous trees such as hornbeam, lime and maple. Notice all the old and dead trees,

tall stumps and decaying tree trunks on your way through the reserve. This is what it looks like in a forest where trees live and die at their own pace. However, many ash, elm and oak trees have died prematurely due to tree diseases.

Floral displays

In early spring, before the leaves burst, Strandskogen offers a colorful display of flowers. Among the yellow, blue and white sedges are swallow-wort, lungwort and spring pea. Later in the season, wood sorrel spreads out in large stands. The ivy, which envelops the tall tree trunks like a vine, can be seen all year round.

Valuable to many

The coastal forest is home to many rare lichens, fungi and beetles. The tiny lichens and wood-boring beetles can be difficult to spot. But some of the fungi you can spot! Most appear in the fall and many have

have fanciful names such as olive scale, balsam wax and ringworm.

Cultural forest

Until the mid-20th century, the coastal forest was a sparse and patchy forest. This was partly because the forest was grazed, and partly because farmers came here to collect firewood and timber. In the second half of the 20th century, the forest grew again. To recreate grazing forest

the southwesternmost parts have been restored in recent years. The goal is a forest with clearings where oaks and other deciduous trees have enough space to

grow into stately tree giants.

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Activities And Facilities

Year of decision: 2009

Area: 157.9 hectares of which 119.3 hectares is land

Municipality: Borgholm

Landowner: Individual

Manager: Kalmar County Administrative Board

The reserve is located just north of Ekerum, close to a public road and is therefore relatively easy to access for visitors interested in nature.Adjacent to road 136 at the southeastern boundary of the reserve there is an existing parking lot that can be used as a visitor parking lot. In the northern part of the parking pocket, there is a road into Strandskogen that leads west down towards the coast. After about 500 m you come to a grazed forest environment that is available for nice forest walks.

In the nature reserve you are not allowed:

Drive a motorized vehicle.
Park a motor vehicle, caravan or trailer.
Drive a jet ski.
Drive or land a hovercraft, hydrocopter, low-flying aircraft or similar craft.
Camping for more than 24 hours in the same place.
Bringing a dog or other animal that is not on a leash.
Put up a board, sign, poster or similar device or make inscriptions.
Make a fire anywhere other than in the designated areas, in a barbecue that you have brought along or in an open-air kitchen.
Picking or damaging mosses, lichens or wood fungi.
Digging or pulling up plants or plant parts by the roots.
Damage or remove trees, stumps, bark, branches, bushes or brush 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.
Collect insects.

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.

It is forbidden to enter the reserve:

drive a motorized vehicle within the land area.
set up a motor vehicle, caravan or trailer
operate a jet ski, hydrocopter or similar craft
camping for more than one day in the same place
bring an unleashed dog or other loose pet
put up a board, sign, poster or similar device or make an inscription
Make a fire other than in a barbecue or outdoor kitchen
Picking or damaging wood fungi, mosses or lichens.
Digging or pulling up plants or plant parts with the roots.
Damage or remove growing or dead trees, stumps, bark, branches, bushes or brush.

It is forbidden to do this without the permission of the County Administrative Board:

use the land for competition or practice purposes
use the area for commercial use of the right of public access
Collect insects with traps that kill.

It is prohibited to collect insects without consultation with the County Administrative Board:

Conduct survey or research.

Species observations from activities carried out under C 13 or C 14 must be documented and reported via www.artportalen.se or alternatively to the County Administrative Board.

Contact

Email address

Per Markus Jönsson

per-markus.jonsson@lansstyrelsen.se

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