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Ulvenberg Dune (Escholl Dune "Eselskopp")

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Ulvenberg Dune (Escholl Dune "Eselskopp")

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Ulvenberg Dune (Escholl Dune "Eselskopp")

Name: Ulvenberg Dune (Escholl Dune "Eselskopp")
Rating: 2

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Please check local regulations for: Düne am Ulvenberg von Darmstadt-Eberstadt

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Location: Hesse, Germany

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3. Wühlmaushotel Shelter – Frankenstein Castle loop from Darmstadt-Eberstadt

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NaturFreunde Hessen e.V.

September 16, 2024

This nature reserve (8.89 ha) consists of an inland dune with an adjacent pine forest. 22 of the plants growing here are on the Hessian "Red List of Threatened Species": including sand orache, silver sedge and the yellow sand everlasting. But even inconspicuous creatures such as mosses, lichens and fungi (e.g. the edible morel) show rare variants here. The animal world is similarly diverse and specialised with species such as the poisonous spiny-fingered spider, the blue-winged grasshopper and the rockrose blue butterfly. The following figures demonstrate the diversity: 142 wild bee, 65 digger wasp, 11 grasshopper and 20 robber fly species can be found on the site.

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Christine

May 4, 2025

Pine-covered dune on the Ulvenberg. More at de.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%BCne_am_Ulvenberg_von_Darmstadt-Eberstadt

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Elevation 130 m

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Ulvenberg Dune (Escholl Dune "Eselskopp")

1. Ludwigsturm on Ludwigshöhe – Rosarium Rosenhöhe Darmstadt loop from Darmstadt-Eberstadt

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