
Gitsfjället
Nature reserve
- County: Västerbottens län
- 6258.98 km away from you
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Description
Gitsfjället nature reserve begins west of Gransjövägen road and includes everything from Gitsfjället mountain itself to virgin spruce forests and the jewel of the wetlands: Rapksvuome.
Rapksvuome’s bird-life
Rapksvuome, the mountain depression within Gitsfjället nature reserve, comprises a mosaic of wetlands and birch forest-clad drumlins and eskers. The area has an extremely rich bird-life and is very important for breeding waders. Broad-billed sandpipers, wood sandpipers, common snipes, common redshanks and many other species breed in Rapksvuome.
Calcium-rich alum shale and swamp woods
The spruce forests on the slopes are virgin forests. In several locations, particularly farthest to the east where the calcium-rich shale is now found, rich, lush spruce forests are home to species such as the alpine sow-thistle, the wolfsbane and the February daphne. In the brooks that run through the deep ravines in the alum shale, you can fine stones containing fossils, known as anthraconite. There is a very large amount of swamp woodland. These swamp woods are extremely important for biodiversity.
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Nature reserve
Accessibility
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Near parking
Directions
From Dorotea, take road 1052 towards Borgafjäll. From Vilhelmina, take road 1067 towards Saxnäs.
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Länsstyrelsen Västerbotten
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