The Jennetal (the suffix -''tal'' means ''dale'') is a valley cut in the

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mountain and also the name of a nature reserve, where it's located.

Location

The Jennetal is located on the southwestern slope of the Schönberg, directly above

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, at an altitude of about 1,100-1,475 ft (340-450 m)

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History

Sumser's Garden

In 1931 Erwin Sumser purchased several lots of land in the Jennetal which he himself converted into a nature reserve. Upon his initiative, this nature reserve of originally 0,7095 ha became an officially protected area in 1937. In 1960 he sold this area, which is commonly called Sumser's Garden (), along with his other private nature reserves on the Baar, to the

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Extension of the area

In 1996 the nature reserve Jennetal was extended to nearly 23 ha.Landesanstalt für Umwelt, Messungen und Naturschutz Baden-Württemberg
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Flora

Trees

Among others:

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sessile oak ''Quercus petraea'', commonly known as the sessile oak, Welsh oak, Cornish oak, Irish oak or durmast oak, is a species of oak tree native to most of Europe and into Anatolia and Iran. The sessile oak is the national tree of Ireland, and an unof ...

downy oak ''Quercus pubescens'' (synonyms ''virgiliana''), commonly known as the downy oak, pubescent oak or Italian oak, is a species of white oak (genus ''Quercus'' sect. ''Quercus'') native to southern Europe and southwest Asia. It is found from northe ...

, hawberry,

chequer tree ''Torminalis'' is a genus of plants in the rose family, Rosaceae. The genus was formerly included within the genus ''Sorbus'' as the section ''Torminaria'', but the simple-leafed species traditionally classified in ''Sorbus'' are now considered ...

service tree Service tree can refer to: * ''Sorbus domestica'', service tree or sorb tree * ''Sorbus latifolia'', service tree of Fontainebleau * ''Sorbus pseudofennica'', Arran service tree * ''Torminalis glaberrima'', wild service tree See also

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Plants

Outstanding species:

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himantoglossum ''Himantoglossum'' is a genus of orchids native to the Canary Islands, Europe, southwest Asia and northern Africa. Its members generally have a labellum which is divided into three parts, of which the middle part is the longest. The genera ''Co ...

References

External links

Map of the nature reserve Jennetal
{{coord, 47.9623, N, 7.7884, E, source:wikidata, display=title Geography of Baden-Württemberg Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald Nature reserves in Baden-Württemberg Protected areas established in 1937 IUCN Category IV