Knuthöjdsmossen is a very special marsh environment, holding traces of the last inland ice that melted about 10,000 years ago. On top of the bedrock there is today a moraine, made of an unsorted layer of gravel, stone and sand that the inland ice scraped off the mountain and left behind. As the climate became warmer and more humid, marsh plants and mosses began to grow on top of the sand and hundreds of ponds raised in the middle. They are several meters deep and reach all the way down to the sand of the glacial river.
Between these pools of water there are drier and firmer parts populated by kind of dwarf pine trees, some of them with gorgeous crooked, twisted trunks. There are also many different kinds of shrub plants, such as odon, dwarf birch, crowberry and wild rosemary.
The hundreds of ponds make the bogs a paradise for a variety of birds. Among these, the famous red-throated diver, that has chosen the reserve as a nesting place.
Mallard, goldeneye, sandpiper and snipe are other birds that thrive in the area. And if you are lucky, you may even see moose walking around the bog with their long legs.
A unique environmnet with a magical, ancient atmosphere and one of my favourite places to visit all year round.
