Brzeźnik nature reserve

The Brzeźnik nature reserve is a small patch of forest in the Nowogrodziec municipality, in Bolesławiec County, protected for the rare vegetation of the Bory Dolnośląskie (Lower Silesian Forests). The reserve covers an area of 3.24 ha.

History of protection

The reserve was established by an ordinance of the Minister of Forestry and Timber Industry of 17 April 1965. It was created to preserve a site of marsh heath, a species characteristic of the Bory Dolnośląskie.

Vegetation

The dominant plant community is inland moist pine forest, in places passing into boggy pine forest.

Practical information

• Location: Nowogrodziec municipality, Bolesławiec County, near the village of Parzyce
• Getting there: a forest road within the forest complex of the Bolesławiec Forest District, near the Museum and Medieval Stronghold in Brzeźnik
• What to expect: a small area of protected boggy vegetation, with no tourist infrastructure described in the available sources