The 100-hectare area is one of the most important bird resting places in the Rhine plain. The northern area has the status of a bann forest, that is, there is no forestry intervention and the forest is left to itself. The rest of the tearing island is classified as Schonwald. In the Weichholzaue grow predominantly silver pastures and poplars and on the higher Hartholzaue pedunculate oak, ash and hornbeam. Within the forest are water-bearing troughs with reed cane on the banks. In the meadow meadows rare plant species such as Adder ticks, edge leeks or donkey spurge occur. In the middle part of the island is a large orchard. Undisturbed closeness to nature and diversity favor biodiversity. About 60 species of birds breed on the tearing island, u. a. Kingfisher, Middle Spotted Woodpecker, Black Kite, Little Owl and Reed Warbler.
