{"id":1073,"date":"2024-08-21T09:56:59","date_gmt":"2024-08-21T07:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lehrpfad.umwelt-campus.de\/old-beeches-oaks\/"},"modified":"2025-09-10T08:26:44","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T06:26:44","slug":"old-beeches-oaks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lehrpfad.umwelt-campus.de\/en\/old-beeches-oaks\/","title":{"rendered":"Old beeches &#038; oaks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-ddf63a6a alignfull uagb-is-root-container\"><div class=\"uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-d71b3bf5\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Old mixed forests as hotspots of biodiversity<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/lehrpfad.umwelt-campus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/226_1_eng.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Due to their longevity, which ensures exceptional habitat continuity, old beech and oak mixed forests are home to a particularly large number of rare, often less mobile species. In particular so-called \u201eprimeval forest relict species\u201c, which are dependent on typical primeval forest structures with a centuries-long development period or maturity of the ecosystem, can still find habitats here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With a high proportion of old trees, tree hollows, standing and lying deadwood, the native mixed forest provides a favourable habitat for many thousands of species. The older a tree gets, the more diverse its range of structures becomes: large hollows, woodpecker cavities, bird and mammal nests, wood fungi, lichen and mistletoe growth, crevices and cracks, old boreholes, strong dead branches and crown wood. All of this provides a habitat for species-rich life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:27% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"655\" height=\"655\" src=\"https:\/\/lehrpfad.umwelt-campus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/226_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-738 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lehrpfad.umwelt-campus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/226_1.jpg 655w, https:\/\/lehrpfad.umwelt-campus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/226_1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lehrpfad.umwelt-campus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/226_1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 655px) 100vw, 655px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/lehrpfad.umwelt-campus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/226_2_eng.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Owl in tree hollow<\/strong><br>Tree cavities, whether carpentered by woodpeckers or created by decay processes, provide important habitats for birds, mammals and insects.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:27% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"749\" src=\"https:\/\/lehrpfad.umwelt-campus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/226_2-1024x749.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-740 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lehrpfad.umwelt-campus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/226_2-1024x749.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lehrpfad.umwelt-campus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/226_2-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lehrpfad.umwelt-campus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/226_2-768x562.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lehrpfad.umwelt-campus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/226_2.jpg 1139w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/lehrpfad.umwelt-campus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/226_3_eng.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Oak<\/strong><br>The native pedunculate and sessile oaks can become up to 1,000 years old. They have their natural habitat in moist as well as in warm-dry locations. Here, their competitive strength is superior to that of the copper beech.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:27% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"762\" src=\"https:\/\/lehrpfad.umwelt-campus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/226_3-1024x762.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-742 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lehrpfad.umwelt-campus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/226_3-1024x762.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lehrpfad.umwelt-campus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/226_3-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lehrpfad.umwelt-campus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/226_3-768x571.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lehrpfad.umwelt-campus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/226_3.jpg 1120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/lehrpfad.umwelt-campus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/226_4_eng.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Beech<\/strong><br>Beech trees reach a growth height of up to 50 m and can live for more than 300 years. Without human intervention, the beech would dominate the forest in Central Europe thanks to its high adaptability and competitive strength. It can adapt very well to many climatic and site conditions and is therefore the most widespread tree species in the low mountain range.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:27% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"655\" height=\"655\" src=\"https:\/\/lehrpfad.umwelt-campus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/226_4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-744 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lehrpfad.umwelt-campus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/226_4.jpg 655w, https:\/\/lehrpfad.umwelt-campus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/226_4-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lehrpfad.umwelt-campus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/226_4-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 655px) 100vw, 655px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/lehrpfad.umwelt-campus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/226_5_eng.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Beechnut<\/strong><br>Beechnuts are the fruits of the common beech. They are favoured by birds and rodents as a food source. The open beech infructescence (fruit head) also serves as a shelter for beetles and insects.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:27% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"655\" height=\"655\" src=\"https:\/\/lehrpfad.umwelt-campus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/226_5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-746 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lehrpfad.umwelt-campus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/226_5.jpg 655w, https:\/\/lehrpfad.umwelt-campus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/226_5-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lehrpfad.umwelt-campus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/226_5-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 655px) 100vw, 655px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/lehrpfad.umwelt-campus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/226_6_eng.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Black Woodpecker<\/strong><br>The black woodpecker is the largest woodpecker in our latitudes and measures up to 50 cm. It is very closely tied to old tree. It builds its brood and sleeping cavities 30 to 55 cm deep into tree trunks. Many endangered cave breeders such as stock doves, jackdaws, boreal owls, even bats and wild bees need exactly these cavities for their reproduction and are typical \u201etenants moving in\u201c after the woodpeckers leave.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-e9c5f59b\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-info-box uagb-block-a99f778a uagb-infobox__content-wrap  uagb-infobox-icon-above-title uagb-infobox-image-valign-top hinweisbox\"><div class=\"uagb-ifb-content\"><div class=\"uagb-ifb-icon-wrap\"><div class=\"uagb-iconbox-icon-wrap uagb-infobox-shape-circle\"><svg xmlns=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 384 512\"><path d=\"M112.1 454.3c0 6.297 1.816 12.44 5.284 17.69l17.14 25.69c5.25 7.875 17.17 14.28 26.64 14.28h61.67c9.438 0 21.36-6.401 26.61-14.28l17.08-25.68c2.938-4.438 5.348-12.37 5.348-17.7L272 415.1h-160L112.1 454.3zM191.4 .0132C89.44 .3257 16 82.97 16 175.1c0 44.38 16.44 84.84 43.56 115.8c16.53 18.84 42.34 58.23 52.22 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