Allarps bjär, Naturreservat

Norr om Hallaröd reser sig den skogklädda kullen Allarps bjär. Allarps bjär är en av flera mellanskånska basaltkupper, rester av forna vulkaner. På våren möts du av en prunkande flora med mattor av vitsippor, gulsippor och ramslök. Skogsmulles karta visar dig runt i reservatet och Skåneleden passerar genom området på sin väg till reservatet Södra Hultarp som ligger intill. Utmed Skåneleden ligger kulturlämningen Karrastenen. I Södra Hultarp finns torrdass och vindskydd.

In English

Welcome to Allarps bjär Nature Reserve

It's located in the heart of Skåne county.

There was an active volcano here 200 - 80 million years ago, which spread its ash and hot lava across the countryside. It has long been extinct and what remains is the calcium rich volcanic bedrock basalt, which provides nutrients for the rich flora. In the spring, the anemones and liverleaf extend out in a sea of blue, white and yellow, interspersed with bird-in-a-bush and lesser celandine. A little later, woodruff and solomon’s seal come into bloom, with their crisp, white flowers.

Woodland has covered these slopes for hundreds of years. Many of our broadleaved trees grow alongside one another here – beech, hornbeam, oak, lime and ash. Some have grown very old and provide a home for lichens, mosses, insects and fungi. Birds and bats can find a home in the hollows.

If you follow the Skåneleden Trail through the reserve, you pass a huge, black stone called the Karrastenen Stone. It reminds us of times gone by, when there was a dance floor here in the shade of the tree canopies. Anyone that managed to lift the stone was considered to be a real man; a rite of passage for the local men.

Regulations

Within Allarps bjärs Nature Reserve it is forbidden to:

• dig up or in any other way damagenatural formations and structures,
• remove stones,
• pick or dig up plants,
• light a fire,
• camp, park up caravans, camper vansor equivalent,
• drive a motor vehicle,
• bring a dog not on a lead,
• horse ride,
• use radios, tape players or equivalent ina way that is disturbing,
• put up signs, posters, plaques, noticesor any other equivalent items.