Östra Fulltofta, Naturreservat

Östra Fulltoftas naturreservat är beläget på sluttningen ner mot Ringsjön och domineras av ädellövskog. I reservatet växer flera gamla och grova ekar, bokar, aspar och lindar. En del av träden är runt 250 år gamla och mycket viktiga för djurlivet. Östra Fulltofta ingår i strövområdet Fulltofta.

In English

Welcome to Östra Fulltofta Nature Reserves

For thousands of years, humans have farmed the land here –on the slopes down to Lake Ringsjön. In the past, tree-cladmeadows spread out across the landscape, but now the woods have become dense and are used for dog walks and picnics. The Reserve is a part of the Fulltofta Recreation Area, which means there are plenty of paths to explore in the surrounding area. Saint Magnhild’s spring is on the edge of the Reserve and is well worth a visit, with its stories of both murderers and saints.

As you walk through the Reserve you will see small humps scattered evenly amongst the trees. These are clearance cairns which are several thousand years old. it is easy to imagine the toil of our ancestors to make a small field or a meadow for winter fodder to the animals.

The trees of the old meadows have now reclaimed the land and joined together to create a lush deciduous woodland. Some of the trees are 250 years old and contain a whole host of fungi and insects. Unusual lichens such as the pox lichen (Pyrenula nitida) and Opegrapha vermicellifera grow on the rough bark of the trunks. Toothwort and alternate-leaved golden saxifrage grow in the nutrient-rich soil of the wet ash woodland. Spring is the time for anemones and liverleaf. They bloom in white, yellow and blue before the trees.

Regulations

Within Östra Fulltofta Nature Reserve it is forbidden to:

• damage natural features or geological formations,
• bring a dog or any other pets not held on a lead,
• dig up or in any other way damage plants (including mosses), lichens or wood-living fungi,
• light a fire other than in the places designated by the site manager,
• intentionally break or collect and remove dead wood.Without written permission from the County Administrative Board, it is also forbidden to:
• collect invertebrates such as beetles or molluscs. One-off samples may be collected on the condition that this does not contravene any wildlife protection regulations and that traps are not usedWithout permission from the site manager, it is also forbidden to:
• put up notices, signs, tape, inscriptions, posters, or any equivalent items,
• put out foreign objects (e.g., geocaches or equivalent).