Åraslövs mosse, Naturreservat

Gör en utflykt till blommande fuktängar och sumpskog. Här har du chans att uppleva hela tretton olika arter av orkidéer. Åraslövs mosse med sina kärr och fuktiga lövskogar är en rest av ett mycket större våtmarksområde utanför Vinslöv. En vandringsled tar dig runt den öppna mossen och kärret. En spång leder vidare ut genom denna fuktiga och blomrika myrmark. Stigen kantas av vita och rosa orkidéer sommartid. Inne bland tuvorna gömmer sig köttätande växter.

In English

Welcome to Åraslövs mosse Nature Reserve

Take a trip to wetlands, wet meadows and swamp where you have the chance to discover a total of thirteen different species of orchid. Åraslövs Mosse (Åraslöv’s Bog), with its carrs and wet broad-leaved woodlands, is the remains of a much larger wetland area outside of Vinslöv. Walk on the planks out on the boggy ground and hunt for flesh-eating plants.

Poor carr, rich carr, extremely rich carr – there are many types of carr and it is primarily the biodiversity that is the difference between them. The more minerals there are in the ground around the wetland, the richer the flora is. Rich carr is called species-rich, but nutrient-poor bog. These wetlands have many plants that are not found in the more common poor carr. Extremely rich carr is formed in the areas that are richest in lime and have high pH values.

Åraslövs Mosse is a mosaic of different types of carr and the biodiversity is thus both varied and rich. The nature reserve has a fantastic orchid flora, with many species such as heath spotted orchid and Early Purple Orchid growing side-by-side with rarer species such as fly orchid and marsh helleborine. Åraslövs Mosse is one of the few places in Sweden where you can find large numbers of the yellow flowering subspecies of the early marsh orchid.

You can walk out onto the wetlands on paths made of wooden planks and enjoy the orchids and other wetland plants. The carnivorous plant butterwort lures passing insects that are then trapped in its sticky leaves. The species is called hårgula (hair yellow) in Swedish as it was once used to give hair a golden yellow lustre.

In amongst the trees in Åraslöv's woodland meadows there is a rich grove flora, with species such as lesser butterfly-orchid, broad-leaved helleborine, woodruff and Solomon's seal.

Regulations

Within Åraslövs mosse Nature Reserve it is forbidden to:

• remove, dig, drill, paint or in any other way damage the ground, stones, stone walls,geological features or archaeological remains,
• park up caravans, camper vans or equivalent,
• light a fire with wood , charcoal or use a barb eque other than in designated places,
• cycle,
• horseride or drive with a horse,
• break branches, fell, or in any other way damage living or dead trees, branches, andbushes,
• dig up plants,
• pick mosses, lichens, or wood -living fungi,
• bring a dog or other pet that is not physically held on a lead,
• play music or a sound system, musical instrument or equivalent in a loud or disturbingway,
• organise and conduct competitions, orienteering, camp events or equivalent events,
• drive a motor vehicle other than in the car park,
• put out or up notices, plaques, signs, posters, marking tape or equivalent,
• catch insects, spiders, snails, or other invertebrates other than with nets, by hand, orother selective methods which do not damage the habitat, and with subsequent re -release within the nature reserve. The requirement to put the species back, does notapply to one-off specimens of each species that are hard to identify, on the condition that the record is registered in Artportalen or an equivalent database for threatenedspecies, and that the collection does not contravene any wildlife protection regulations.