Ekastiga, Naturreservat

I Ekastiga naturreservat möter besökaren ett böljande landskap med bokskog och betesmarker. Ekastiga är ett exempel på ett så kallat kamelandskap som har skapats av inlandsisens nedsmältning.
Ekastiga naturreservat består av ett kuperat landskap som domineras av en brant, delvis bokskogsklädd rullstensås. Längs med åsen finns sänkor, så kallade åsgropar, som uppkommit genom att isblock dröjt sig kvar vid inlandsisens avsmältning och därmed skapat gropar i de lösa avlagringarna när blocken smälte. Förutom bokskog och betesmark rymmer reservatet även en del granskog och ett mindre alkärr.

In English

Welcome to Ekastiga Nature Reserve

In Ekastiga you find an undulating terrain with a mixture of open land and forested ridges. The area was formed by the inland ice. Strong subglacial meltwater rivers brought with them stones and gravel, which were deposited in long, meandering ridges as the water slowed. The ridge in Ekastiga winds through the landscape, splitting and branching out. Between the ridges are water-filled depressions and damp, sometimes forested, wetlands. The depressions formed when blocks of ice left by the retiring glacial sheet became surrounded by sediment and later melted.

The steep ridges in Ekastiga are now clad in beech trees, standing to attention. White anemone covers the ground in spring, and to the north, you can find its relative, liverleaf.
Along the slopes are traces of cultivation that took place here a long time ago. People cleared the small plots by hand and placed the collected stones in small heaps. These clearance cairns, sometimes completely overgrown by moss and grass, can be discerned among shrubs and trees.

Regulations

Within Ekastiga Nature Reserve it is forbidden to:

• dig or in other way damage fixed natural objects or surface formations,
• make any form of construction or erect objects alien to the reserve,
• bring unleashed dogs,
• light fires,
• drive motorised vehicles other than on designated roads,
• park other than in designated places,
• camp, park caravans, camper vans or similar,
• break off branches, fell or in any other way damage living or dead trees or shrubs, or dig up plants,
• put up information boards, placards, posters, signs or similar, or make inscriptions.