• Skeppnans naturreservat
    Skeppnans naturreservat
    Photo: Länsstyrelsen Stockholm
  • Photo: Länsstyrelsen Stockholm
  • Photo: Malin Löfgren

Skeppnan

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Description

The Skeppnan nature reserve encompasses a diverse wetland, with raised pine bogs, open fens and swamps, where the scent of wild rosemary and bog-myrtle fills the air. South of the pine bogs, you'll find the open fen that gave the reserve its name. Skeppnan is also geologically interesting; it demonstrates how the shoreline in the Stockholm area has moved since the last Ice Age. This reserve is part of the expansive forests of Hanveden, at Södertörn.

From Lake Öran in the north of the reserve, a stream flows south towards the Skeppnan fen. At the outlet of the stream, you can see the remains of an old stone dam that previously regulated Skeppnan as a water reservoir. Dead wood is plentiful on the pine bogs and on drier ground in the old forests, and it is a highly valuable resource for birds, small insects, mosses, lichens and fungi.

Some of the fens are extremely wet and difficult to cross but they make for great cross-country skiing in the winter. The easiest way to reach the area is from the Sörmlandsleden trail, which crosses the reserve to the north.

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Activities And Facilities

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Facts

Protected since: 2011

Size: 56.4 hectares

Character: coniferous forest, swamp forest, wetland

Municipality: Haninge

Landowners: private and state

Administrator: County Administrative Board

Type of protection: nature reserve

Other: Natura 2000 area Riddartorpsmossen SE0110198

Directions

By public transit: Take bus 825 from Västerhaninge or Jordbro station and get off at the Håga bus stop. Walk 2.5 km to the reserve.

By car: Follow Nynäsvägen road from Västerhaninge towards Rörvägen road. Then follow Rörvägen road towards Dåntorpsvägen road. Follow Dåntorpsvägen road until you reach the parking lot at Riddartorp north-east of the reserve. Then follow the Sörmlandsleden trail into the reserve.

Regulations

In order to protect the Skeppnan nature reserve, please respect the following rules.

Within the reserve, it is forbidden to:

  1. dig, cut, blast or in any other way damage rock, soil or stone,
  2. break branches, fell or in any other way damage living or dead trees and bushes or dig up plants,
  3. camp for more than two consecutive nights in the same place,
  4. make an open fire.

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