Spitzerberg (nature reserve)

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Spitzerberg
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
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Area2,26 km2 [1]
Established1981 [2]

Spitzerberg is a nature reserve in the Austrian municipality of Prellenkirchen in the province of Lower Austria. It forms one of the biggest nature reserves of Lower Austria and is located on the Spitzerberg, the southern extension of the Hundsheimer Berge. [1] The nature reserve has a IUCN category IV protection level [3] and is part of the Natura 2000 area Hundsheimer Berge. The area is covered by rock steppes, dry and half dry grasslands and dry forests. The steep slopes of the Spitzerberg consist of limestone and dolomite. In combination with the very thin humus layer, this creates an extremely dry environment. From 2004 till 2008 the Spitzerberg nature reserve was part of the LIFE-Nature-project Pannonische Steppen- und Trockenrasen. [1]

Austria Federal republic in Central Europe

Austria, officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in Central Europe comprising nine federated states. Its capital, largest city and one of nine states is Vienna. Austria has an area of 83,879 km2 (32,386 sq mi), a population of nearly nine million people and a nominal GDP of $477 billion. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Hungary and Slovakia to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west. The terrain is landlocked and highly mountainous, lying within the Alps; only 32% of the country is below 500 m (1,640 ft), and its highest point is 3,798 m (12,461 ft). The majority of the population speaks local Bavarian dialects as their native language, and German in its standard form is the country's official language. Other regional languages are Hungarian, Burgenland Croatian, and Slovene.

Prellenkirchen Place in Lower Austria, Austria

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Flora

Among the species to be found in the nature reserve is the Artemisia pancicii. [1]

Fauna

Remarkable animals living in the nature reserve are the clouded Apollo and the European ground squirrel. [1]

Clouded Apollo species of insect

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European ground squirrel species of mammal

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Gebiet 9 – NSG Spitzerberg" (PDF). LIFE-project Pannonische Steppen- und Trockenrasen. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
  2. ↑ "Naturschutzgebiet "Spitzerberg" Pflege im Rahmen des LIFE-Natur-Projektes "Pannonische Steppen- und Trockenrasen"" (PDF). LIFE-project Pannonische Steppen- und Trockenrasen. : Amt der NÖ Landesregierung, Abteilung Naturschutz. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
  3. ↑ "Official Record for Spitzerberg". Protected Planet. IUCN & UNEP. Retrieved 24 April 2016.

Coordinates: 48°07′27″N16°56′10″E / 48.124091°N 16.936238°E / 48.124091; 16.936238

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