SÅV - Kasted Mose #8 Traditional Cache

Om Kasted Mose:
Kasted Mose ligger lidt nord for TIlst. Til mosens østligeside ligger Kastedby. Mosen er ca. 30 ha stor, og ligger i bunden af Egåtunneldalen. Under 2. verdenskrig og frem til 1954 blive mosen brugt til tørvgravning. Hvilket man kan se ved at nogle af søerne i mosen er flere meter dybe.

Naturen:
Moseområdet har et bredt udvalg af forskellige vegetation. Man har igennem tiderne registreret op imod 270 forskellige plantearter i mosen. Desværre er mange af dem senere forsvundet og nogle enkle plantearter er så truede af tilgroning at der er fare for at de bliver udryddet i mosen. En stor del af mosen er dækket af rørsump og pilekrat.

Fugleliv:
Kasted Mose er især kendt for deres mange nattergale som på stille forsommer aftener kan høres på lang afstand. Sammen med nattergalen holder også rørhøgen til i moseområdet. Udover nattergalen og rørhøgen kan der fra tid til anden forefindes andre fuglearter.

Dyreliv i mosen:
I moseområdet findes der en indhegning som fra tid til anden huser køer som græsser i mosen for at holde nælder og højtvoksende græsarter nede. Køerne holdes for det meste i den vestlige del af mosen som ligger længst udenfor turen rundt i mosen. Men man skal stadig være forberedet på at man kan komme til at møde dem ved en af cachene.

Levested for Engskær:
Planten af arten Engskær findes kun 2 steder i Østjylland. Tilbage i 1963 opdagede man planten i Kasted Mose men pga. tilgroning forsvandt den, og man opdagede den først igen i år 2008. Men kan i mosen vestliste del finde ca. 4-5 planter af arten Engskær. Hvis man skulle begive sig ud til planten ville man kunne konstatere at foreningen som holder Kasted Mose har forsøgt at sikre planten mod udryddelse ved at etable græsning i området.

Jorden i mosen:
Kasted Mose har en meget kalkrig jord, hvilket kan ses på at både dunet havre, knoldet mjødurt, hulkravet kodriver, håret viol, alm. knopurt, og butblomstret siv holder til i mosen og alle disse 6 plantearter kræver en meget kalkrig jord. At jorden i mosen består af meget kalk er en fordel for de lavt voksene planter som samtidig kræver lys da højtvoksende planter som nælder og græsser kræver meget næring. Men ikke kan få så meget næring ud af jorden fordi kalken reduceret optagelsen af nærig fra jorden.

About Kasted Mose:
Kasted Mose (Kasted Bog) lies just norht of Tilst. To the bogs east side lies Kastedcity. The bog is about 30acres and is placed at the bottom of Egåtunneldalen. During wordl war II and until 1954 the bog was been used to bog peat. Which you can see because some of the lakes in the bog is several meters deep.

The Nature:
The bogarea has a wide selection of different vegetation. There has through the ages been recorded up to 270 different plants species in the bog. Unfortunately, many of whom later disappeared and some plant species is so threatened by owergrowing that there is a danger that they will become extinct in the bog. Much of the bog is covered with rørsump and willow scrub.

Birdlife:
Kasted Mose (Kasted Bog) is especially known for their many nightingales as to early summer evenings can be heard from faraway. Together with the nightingale the marsh harriers can be found in the bog. Besides the nightingale and marsh harriers there are from time to time different kinds of other birds.

Livestocks:
In the bog area, there is a area that has a fence all the way around. Here can from time to time be found cows grazing in the area to keep the nettle and high-growing grasses down. The cows is kept mostly in the western part of the bog which lies furthest outside the trip around in the bog. But you must still prepare ridden on that you can get to meet them at one of the caches.

Home of Engskær:
The plant of the genus Engskær are only found to places in Jutland. Back in 1963 the plant was discovered in the bog but due to overgrowing is disappered for many years and wasn't found again until 2008. In the western part of the bog can be found 4-5 plant of the genus Engskær. If one were to venture out to the plants you would be able to see that the association for the bog has tried to ensure the plant from extinction by establishing grazing in the area.

About the soil:
The bog has very Rupicilous soil, which can be seen because the downy oat, Dropwort, Primula veris, hiar violet, normal knopurt and but blomstret rushes all can be found in the bog. These six plant species all requires a very Rupicolous soil. The soil in the bog consists of lime is very beneficial for low-growing plants which also require light because high-growing plants like nettles and grasses require much energy from the soil. But because of the Rupicolous soil they can't get all the energy they need so with a little grazing the low-growing plants can survive.