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Photo: Länsstyrelsen Stockholm
Munkö Island
Nature reserve
- County: Stockholms län
- 6784.42 km away from you
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Description
Munkö is a
well-known botanical site in the Stockholm archipelago. It is best known for
its orchids, but among the limestone rocks there are several plants that are
very unusual for the county. Keep an eye out for the fern Alpine or Northern woodsia
and the White stonecrop.
The White stonecrop
is host plant for the Apollo butterfly, a large, beautiful butterfly that
occurs on the island.
Some parts
of the island's forests have many fallen and old trees and are considered ancient
woodland.
Munkö has a
long and well-documented history, including limestone mining since the 13th
century. Since long, the island has been used by the Runmarö farmers for harvesting
hay and as grazing ground for their cattle.
Activities And Facilities
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Nature reserve
Facts
Protected since: 1957, extended in 2016
Size: 98 hectares of which land 58 hectares
Character: archipelago, coniferous and deciduous forest
Municipality: Värmdö
Landowners: private and state
Administrator: County Administrative Board
Type of protection: nature reserve
Directions
Munkö nature reserve is located southwest of Runmarö and is reached by your own boat or boat taxi.
Regulations
To protect the Munkö Nature Reserve, there are rules you must follow.
In the reserve it is forbidden to:
- destroy or damage rock, soil or stone by drilling, hacking, blasting, carving, digging, painting or similar,
- break branches, fell or otherwise damage living or dead trees and shrubs or otherwise damage vegetation by digging up plants such as rice, herbs, mosses or lichens or removing woody fungi
- disturbing wildlife (e.g. by climbing nest trees, trapping or killing mammals, birds, reptiles or amphibians)
- trapping and collecting invertebrates
- mooring a boat on the same beach or camping for more than two consecutive days
- bringing an unleashed dog
- making fires
- put up a board, poster, poster, sign or make an inscription.
Contact
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