Södra Hultarp, Naturreservat

Södra Hultarp borders the Allarps bjär nature reserve and together the two reserves offer lush deciduous forest slopes with an interesting geological history. 200-80 million years ago there was an active volcano in the area and traces of this can still be found in the reserves today.

Beech and hornbeam forest

Södra Hultarp is a deciduous forest area with beech and hornbeam, as well as elements of birch, hazel and oak. Birch, alder and ash grow in the wetter areas. Södra Hultarp borders the Allarps bjär nature reserve. There are also wetter parts with alder, birch and ash. The ground vegetation is often poorly formed and species-poor, but there are also richer areas with wood anemone, white and yellow anemone, swallow-wort, yellow plister and bush starflower.

Characterized by volcanism

200-80 million years ago, there was an active volcano in the area, which spread its ash and hot lava in the surroundings. Today it is long extinct, but the calcium-rich, volcanic rock basalt that has laid the foundation for today's flora remains. The basalt solidified into typical hexagonal pillars in the volcano's interior - you can see the same angular shape in many of the stones in the stone fences that run through the reserves.

Outdoor recreation

In Södra Hultarp and the adjacent reserve Allarps bjär Link to another website. you can hike along Skåneleden (SL3 ridge to ridge, stage 7). In Södra Hultarp there are shelters and dry toilets. Along the trail in Allarps bjär is the cultural heritage site Karrastenen. Parking is also available adjacent to both reserves. Remember to take your rubbish home.

In English

Welcome to Södra Hultarp Nature Reserve

It's located in the heart of Skåne county.

Remains of a volcano

There was an active volcano here 200 - 80 million years ago, which spread its ash and hot lava across the countryside. It has long been extinct and what remains is the calcium rich volcanic bedrock basalt, which provides nutrients for the rich flora. In the spring, the anemones and liverleaf extend out in a sea of blue, white and yellow, interspersed with bird-in-a-bush and lesser celandine. A little later, woodruff and solomon's seal come into bloom, with their crisp, white flowers.

Old forest

Woodland has covered these slopes for hundreds of years. Many of our broadleaved trees grow alongside one another here - beech, hornbeam, oak, lime and ash. Some have grown very old and provide a home for lichens, mosses, insects and fungi. Birds and bats can find a home in the hollows.

The Karrastenen Stone

If you follow the Skåneleden Trail through the reserve, you pass a huge, black stone called the Karrastenen Stone. It reminds us of times gone by, when there was a dance floor here in the shade of the tree canopies. Anyone that managed to lift the stone was considered to be a real man; a rite of passage for the local men.

Regulations

Within Södra Hultarp Nature Reserve it is forbidden to:

• dig up or in any other way damageboulders, stones, exposed bedrock,natural formations, or stone walls,
• remove dead wood, break branches,fell or in any other way damage living ordead, standing or lying trees and bushes,or collect wood for a fire,
• dig up plants, pick mosses, lichens, orwood-living fungi,
• bring a dog or other pet which is not heldon a lead,
• park up caravans, camper vans orequivalent in the car park between thehours of midnight and 6am,

Without permission from the CountyAdministrative Board, it is forbidden to:

• collect invertebrates such as beetles,
• place out foreign objects such asgeocaches or equivalent,In addition, without permission from the site manager it is forbidden to:
• put up posters, signs, tape, notices, orany other equivalent items.