The nature reserve is located in the Southeastern part of Älmhult municipality. The reserve is a mixture of forests, mostly deciduous trees. A significant number of boulders make the area unique. Many dead or dying trees are found in the area. Therefore rare insects, mosses, and fungi occur in abundance. Date: 24.7.2018 Temperature: 32 C
History A harbor lay along an old trading route, where the seed grew to the city of Kalmar. The name Kalmar may be mentioned for the first time in the 9th century when a runestone in Sörmland tells the story of a man in the “Kalmarna und um” (“Kalmar Straight”). Kalmar, whose inlet is surrounded […]
Preface This essay is an expedition of curiosity, a journey to understand our beginnings better. Many Unixplorian citizens were born in Sweden and still have a Swedish mentality. This essay is a way for us to describe and understand that background. Identification The Roman historian Tacitus mentioned the people who came to be called Swedes […]
Taxås is situated just a few kilometers north of Älmhult, southernmost Smolandia. The municipality of Älmhult, including Taxås nature reserve, is also part of the Land of Legends. According to the rich tradition of storytelling and legends in the area, trolls live in the dense forests of Taxås. We did not see any trolls, but […]
Mission We aimed to find blooming Spring flowers and saw quite a few. The weather has been somewhat cold, which is good. We don’t want Spring turning into Summer all too quickly. Temperature: 13 C Wind: W, 2 m/s
We took a day off to go on an expedition in remote forests to see how winter was treating nature. We found no mammals but a few birds. There was nearly no snow in sight, although the lake was still covered with ice, not thick enough to walk on. Findings Temperature: 1 C Wind: SW, […]
This expedition was not a collecting expedition but a mission to gather initial information about the possible fungi population in a slight stretch of forest. We also took a detour to a lake near our leading destination. Due to the late season, we weren’t expecting to find many fungi, but to our surprise, we did […]
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