What is The Spanish Forest?
The Spanish Forest, a 28-hectare area, consists mainly of coniferous forest, with Scots pine predominating. The trail system in the Spanish Forest is freely accessible to hikers. It is located in a quiet, wooded area.
The forest consists mainly of coniferous wood, planted between 1939 and 1961. A small portion of the forest is occupied by oaks and beeches, some of which are more than 130 years old. By nature, the area belongs to the oak-birch forest, a forest type whose development is encouraged by forest management. Characteristic plant species of this natural forest type include broad and narrow spiny fern, bentwort and various mosses. Along some of the wide forest paths, remnants of heather vegetation such as spiny broom and heather can be found locally.
In addition to general forest birds, the Spanish Forest is home to specific breeding birds, such as the black and green woodpecker, and the diminishing number of the summer torch. In the northwest corner of the forest is a heather remnant dense with pipeweed, which has a moist layer.