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Området har drabbats av stormar och många fällda träd. Tänk på att det kan vara farligt att röra sig där. Tibast blommar på bar kvist om våren.
Photo: Länsstyrelsen Gävleborg
Hästmyrberget, Naturreservat
- Nature reserve
- County: Gävleborgs län
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Description
There are two nature reserves on either side of the county border along Hästmyrberget. The Hästmyrberget nature reserve in Gävleborg spreads out on the southern and eastern slopes of the mountain. Keep in mind that it can be difficult and dangerous to move around in the area. The forest on Hästmyrberget is old, up to 150-200 years. The spruce trees in the area are large and tall, but during the last storm in 2013, many spruce trees were snapped and felled. After the storm, the spruce bark beetle has swarmed in the area and several spruces have been killed and are now brown and bare. There are also large and old deciduous trees of aspen, willow, birch and rowan. They fared better in the storm and are not affected by the spruce bark beetle either. All the storm-felled and spruce bark beetle-killed trees that have fallen in a jumble make it very difficult and dangerous to get around in the forest.
Springs and small streams
To get to the top of the mountain and look out over the landscape and Lake Malungen, you can walk along the gravel road that runs right through the nature reserve. Along the slope of the mountain, groundwater seeps out in springs, wetlands and small streams.
The trees that have fallen down, and have become so-called flames, are used by many species. On spruce, you can see the fruiting bodies of decay fungi such as the woolly tick, wrinkled skin and patchy tick. Candelabra fungi grow on aspen. Insects lay eggs in the rotten wood. The larvae develop in the wood, sometimes for several years, before a new insect is ready.
Nutrient-rich soil
Mosses thrive here and 25 red-listed moss species have been discovered in the area. Where the groundwater emerges, it is very nutrient-rich in some places, and goldenrod, green clover, thistle and marsh moss grow here.
In spring you will be greeted by blue and white carpets of bluebells and wood anemones. The old forest has not been affected by forestry to any great extent, but there are decaying stumps that indicate that logging was carried out in earlier times.
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- Nature reserve
Facts
Area: 162 hectares Year of protection: 1999, extended in 2015 Municipality: Nordanstig Owner: State Administrator: County Administrative Board Character: Forest and mire Protected area: nature reserve, Natura 2000
Directions
Adjacent to the county border 14 kilometers northeast of Hassela. At the reserve boundary there is an information sign and parking. A road barrier prevents car traffic from entering the nature reserve, but it is easy to hike along the gravel road up to the top of the mountain to enjoy the view.
Regulations
Special rules apply in the nature reserve. It is not allowed:
- Damage solid objects or surface formation.
- Damage to the forest stand, dead standing or fallen trees, rice, herbaceous or ground vegetation.
- Deliberately disturbing wildlife, damaging or removing endangered or rare plants and animals.
- Driving a motorized vehicle on the terrain.
- camping, making fires or taking firewood
For full regulations, see the reserve decision.
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