Riddarehagen-Simontorp, Naturreservat

Riddarehagen-Simontorp är ett ganska svårtillgängligt naturreservat beläget på Romeleåsens nordsluttning. Huvuddelen av reservatet utgörs idag av ogödslad, betad hagmark med inslag av björkdungar och buskmark.

Ekologisk ö

Reservatet var tidigare en del av ett större område med naturbetesmarker, men i takt med att omgivande marker har odlats upp eller vuxit igen har Riddarehagen-Simontorp allt mer antagit karaktären av en ekologisk ö i det öppna åkerlandskapet.

Naturbetesmark som öppnas upp

Tidigare har majnycklar och smörbollar varit talrika i reservatet, men dessa arter har drabbats hårt av igenväxningen. För att förbättra livsvillkoren för naturbetesmarkens flora görs årliga insatser för att bekämpa björnbärssnåren.

Damm med grodor

I södra delen av reservatet finns en anlagd damm som används som vattningsställe för betesdjuren. I dammen finns bland annat ätlig groda.

Friluftsliv

Svårtillgängligt område utan anordningar för friluftslivet. Tänk på att ta med ditt skräp hem.

In English

Welcome to Riddarehagen-Simontorp Nature Reserve

The slopes of the Romeleåsen ridge were once full of grazing animals. Here on the northern slope, is now Riddarehagen Nature Reserve as a reminder of the biodiversity of the semi-natural pastures.

The area was part of the seat farm Simontorp and was used for hay-making and grazing for many centuries. The environment is varied with open land mixed with pastures containing deciduous trees and shrubs. Globeflower and orchids such as western marsh-orchid and great butterfly-orchid grow in the moist parts.

Unfortunately, the nature reserve is also a telling example of what happens when grazing and hay-making ceases. When the animals disappear and the scythes are put to rest, the area becomes overgrown. Restoration work has slowly started to bring back the beautiful grasslands.

In the southern part of the reserve is a small pond, serving as a water source for the animals. The edible frog thrives here, and you can see and hear it day and night during spring and early summer.

Globeflower, with its large, golden-yellow balls fluttering above the greenery, is one of the character species of the wet meadow. The plant is in decline, especially in southern Sweden, as its habitat is threatened by encroachment when hay-making and grazing cease.

Regulations

Within Riddarehagen-Simontorp Nature Reserve it is forbidden to:

• dig, drill, paint or in any other way damage boulders, living or dead trees or shrubs,
• pick or dig up plants,
• deliberately disturb wildlife,
• camp,
• light fires,
• bring unleashed dogs,
• in a disturbing manner use radios, music players or similar,
• put up boards, signs, posters, paper strips or similar, or make inscriptions.