Kalmar län och Öland
Bokhultet's beech forest is home to a number of unusual plants and animals. The forest is home to beech trees that were already sprouting in the 19th century. The old trees are crooked and twisted and contribute to the special character of the reserve. Tree…
The Pauliströmsån river flows freely through the reserve through forest and open wetlands. Both the river and its surroundings have high natural values. The reserve is home to many different species, ranging from small aquatic caddisflies to peculiar fungi.…
High mountains and deep valleys - that's a rather sloppy way of describing Borgberget Nature Reserve. The area has several precipices that plunge down towards lakes Hällsjön, Isgölen and Lilla Flugen. The forest here is difficult to access and this has mean…
Försjön's limestone coniferous forest is unique in Kalmar County. It is home to many unusual species of fungi that form mycorrhizas with pine and spruce. The rich diversity of demanding fungi means that the reserve has one of Kalmar County's most interestin…
The hazel-covered lands of the Mittland region of Öland have a history stretching back 9000 years. Land of this kind has traditionally been the outlying pasture of the villages. Here, cattle grazed freely during the summer. The nature reserve has apparently…
The Tjustgöl nature reserve is located by the small lake Tjustgölen. Beautiful deciduous forest with very high natural values grows throughout the area. The most common trees are oak, lime, ash, maple and elm. The area has such high natural values because i…
Värnanäs is one of northern Europe's finest oak landscapes. It is home to a large number of old oak trees with a wide range of threatened species associated with them. The nature reserve also has grazed coastal meadows and extensive wetlands that further co…
Sandbäckshult nature reserve consists of a stretch of the Alsterån river with surrounding wetlands and continuous deciduous forests with old trees. There are riparian forests, swamp forests, but also forests on drier ground and remains of old pastures with…
The Isgärde coastal deciduous forest nature reserve along Kalmarsund is a reserve divided into several different sub-areas. The largest parts of the areas consist of older deciduous forest with old oaks and hazel bushes. In older times, the area was a small…
Beneath the surface at the southern tip of Öland lies a rich underwater world. Here you’ll find dense kelp forests, mussel beds, and lush eelgrass meadows. The vegetation-covered seabeds serve as ideal nurseries for fish. For seabirds and seals, the reef of…
Detta naturreservat är ett så kallat hässle – en ovanlig skogsmiljö där hasselbuskar dominerar. De öländska hässlena är unika och räknas till Europas mest värdefulla naturmiljöer. Här växer inte bara hassel, utan även björk, ek och andra lövträd som tillsam…
Törnbottens utmarker ligger i Mittlandet på Öland. Naturreservatet har ovanligt höga värden till och med för Öland! Den unika mosaiken av olika naturtyper med lång kontinuitet som är så typisk för Mittlandet är en viktig förklaring till den höga mångfalden.…
Runstensmyren ligger mitt i Ölands unika Mittlandsskog – ett landskap känt för sin stora artrikedom och varierade natur. Här möts lövskogar, öppna våtmarker och gamla betesmarker i ett mosaikartat landskap där många ovanliga arter trivs. I vått och torrt I…
Här har skogen "börjat om" efter en skogsbrand och vi får möjlighet att följa med på resan och se hur olika växtlighet och arter avlöser varandra. Skogen brinner Marken i reservatet präglas av torra hällmarker med mycket tallar. Sommaren 2021 bröt en skogsb…
