C2 Ebrach
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Learning from nature: Integrative forest management
General information on the forests of the State Forest Enterprise Ebrach
| Total forest area | 16 500 ha (1200 ha set-aside area; timber production on 15 300 ha) |
| Main management types | Irregular group shelterwood, group and single-tree selection systems |
| Total volume | 388 m³/ha (6 400 000 m³ in total) |
| Annual growth | 10.6 m³/ha/a (168 000 m³ in total) |
| Annual cutting rate | 7.7 m³/ha |
| Deadwood | 23 m³/ha |
| Ownership | State forest |
| Climate | 7.5 °C mean annual temperature, 850 mm mean annual precipitation |
| Geology | Mostly Keuper – gypsum and dolomite marls, clay and sandstones that were deposited during the Middle and Late Triassic epochs (about 220 million years ago) |
| Soils | Small scale mosaic of sandy, marly or clayey soils, mostly nutrient rich; 50 % of soils are largely impenetrable for fine roots, 75 % are sensitive to soil damage by forestry machines |
| Protected area | 1200 ha set-aside area |
| Natura2000 area | SAC 11 465.5 ha SPA 11 528.2 ha |