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- Title
Das Flecklmoos: Ein vielfältiger Moorkomplex im Öderntal (Totes Gebirge, Steiermark).
- Authors
MATZ, Harald
- Abstract
The Ödern valley in the north of Bad Mitterndorf is situated in the south of a broad calcareous stock, called „Totes Gebirge“, and was preformed by the western part of a tectonic line, called „Salzasteig-Line“. In Pleistocene this valley was bared in the upper part by a local glacier. In the Holocene the lower part became an erosion valley. Between Bronce and Medieval Ages bogs and mires developed on a springy wet plateau below the Ödern Alp (1250 m). The so called „Flecklmoos“ is a bog complex, situated at altitude between 1160 and 1190 meters. Contemporary field work by Johannes Gepp, Melitta Fuchs and Harald Matz (July 0 5) show a new result: This bog complex is bigger than described in the „Österrei chischer Moorschutzkatalog“ (STEINER 1992). There are listed seven bogs and fens, containing two raised bogs. Our team documented 19 mires in this large bog complex: 3 raised bogs, 1 transition mire, 1 spring mire, 10 slope bogs, 2 flood mires and 2 remnants of raised bogs. The raised bogs belong to the type of excentric slope bogs. The southern parts are partially influenced by streams of mineral ground water. The central and lower parts of these bogs are wholly rainfed (ombrotrophic). The transition mire is developing into a raised bog with hummocks, sphagnum mosses, Drosera rotundifolia, dwarf shrubs and mountain pine bushes. The spring mire contains two sources, where the water is flowing under artesian pressure. This work will give a monography of the bog complex „Flecklmoos“, describing the topography, the development, the hydrological typus, the vegetation ecology of these mires, but also the threats and the necessary measures of conservation. The greatest threat to the mires is erosion and degradation of peat caused by the passage and stomping of the cattle.
- Publication
Joannea Botanik, 2015, Vol 12, p69
- ISSN
1562-9414
- Publication type
Article