Gäle Virgin Forest Nature Reserve

Gäle Virgin Forest Nature Reserve (Swedish: Gäle naturskogs naturreservat) is a nature reserve in Jämtland County in Sweden.

Gäle Virgin Forest Nature Reserve
Map showing the location of Gäle Virgin Forest Nature Reserve
Map showing the location of Gäle Virgin Forest Nature Reserve
Location within Jämtland County
Map showing the location of Gäle Virgin Forest Nature Reserve
Map showing the location of Gäle Virgin Forest Nature Reserve
Gäle Virgin Forest Nature Reserve (Sweden)
LocationSweden
Nearest cityÖstersund
Coordinates62°55′42″N 14°42′28″E
Area13 ha (32 acres)[1]
Established2005[1]

The nature reserve protects an area of surviving old-growth forest dominated by spruce in a landscape otherwise heavily forested. Trees up to 300 years old grow in the reserve. The unspoilt forest with its coarse woody debris provides a habitat for several red listed or unusual species such as Schismatomma pericleum, Chaenothecopsis viridialba, Haploporus odorus and Anomoporia bombycina.[1]

References

  1. "Gäle naturskog" (in Swedish). Jämtland County Administrative Board. Retrieved 4 June 2015.


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