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Galmeiflora at Schlangenberg

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Galmeiflora at Schlangenberg

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Location: North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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1. Schlangenberg Nature Reserve – Trout Pond at Schlangenberg loop from Zweifall

8.85km

02:25

130m

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2. Schlangenberg Nature Reserve – Stolberg Old Town loop from Stolberg Altstadt

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03:35

220m

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3. Schlangenberg Nature Reserve – Schlangenberg Nature Reserve loop from Zweifall

9.96km

02:44

160m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

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Erich + Margot Schins 👌🌲🍄🥾

March 17, 2024

The Snake Mountain nature reserve is a 108 hectare area characterized by its calamine flora. The entire nature reserve is located on a limestone ridge. About 200 million years ago, aqueous ore solutions penetrated the porous limestone and the primary ores zinc blende, marcasite and galena were formed. Through metasomatosis, the superficial ore weathered to form the secondary ore calamine, which mainly consists of zinc spar ZnCO3. The calamine flora occurs in areas of nutrient-poor limestone soils where the calamine ores are on the surface. Due to the high content of toxic heavy metals, the otherwise common plants are suppressed, so that heavy metal-resistant plants, the calamine flora, are created. The calamine flora is a unique botanical feature that only occurs in the ore fields of Kelmis (B) and Stolberg (Breinigerberg). Over generations, the plant developed resistance to heavy metals and an independent species emerged: the calamine violet (viola lutea calaminaria). Other types of calamine flora include calamine purse, common grass, spring meadow and pigeon goiter.

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Location: North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Galmeiflora at Schlangenberg

1. Schlangenberg Nature Reserve – Trout Pond at Schlangenberg loop from Zweifall

2. Schlangenberg Nature Reserve – Stolberg Old Town loop from Stolberg Altstadt

3. Schlangenberg Nature Reserve – Schlangenberg Nature Reserve loop from Zweifall

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