THE OAK WOOD PASTURE / EKHAGEN

Poster, Serie No II: Nordic Forests

Wood pasture is one of the oldest land-use practices in human history, it is a cultural landscape that combine scattered trees, grasslands and grazing animals. In Sweden, wood-pastures are traditionally important habitats for the livelihoods of rural people, and are used for animal husbandry and haymaking.

Wood-pastures are valuable habitats for many red-listed beetles, butterflies and lichen species that are associated to old sunexposed oak trees. The best preserved oak wood-pastures in Sweden occur in Östergötland County where they cover around 180 km2 as scattered small patches.

Flora & Fungi
1. Rödklöver (Trifolium pratense)
2. Gullviva (Primula veris)

3. Hallon (Rubus idaeus)
4. Smörboll (Trollius europaeus)

5. Gyllensopp (Aureoboletus gentilis)
6. Kamomill (Matricaria chamomilla)
7. Backsmultron (Fragaria viridis)

8. Ek (Quercus robur)
9. Hagfingersvamp (Clavulinopsis helvola)
10. Renfana (Tanacetum vulgare)

Fauna
a) Slåttergräsfjäril (Maniola jurtina)
b) Ägg och bo från törnskata (Lanius collurio)
c) Kortvingad ängsgräshoppa (Chorthippus parallelus)
d) Haghumla (Bombus sylvarum)
e) Gulfläckig Glanssmygare (Carterocephalus palaemon)
f) Ekoxe (Lucanus cervus)
g) Unge av skogshare (Lepus timidus)

Info
— Poster, size: 50 x 70 cm
— Printed in Sweden on the environmentally friendly paper 'Munken' from Arctic Paper, certified by the Forest Stewardship Council.
— Posterhanger is from Desenio, (not included)