Buczyna Storczykowa na Białych Skałach Nature Reserve

The "Buczyna Storczykowa na Białych Skałach" Nature Reserve lies in Złotoryja County, in the Świerzawa municipality, near the village of Podgórki. It covers 8.76 hectares and protects a fragment of beech forest growing on dolomite rock outcrops.

What the reserve protects

The aim of the protection is to preserve fertile Sudetes beech forest and thermophilous orchid beech forest, together with their full diversity of flora and fauna, as well as inanimate nature features in the form of the dolomite rock outcrops found in this area. The reserve has a forest character.

How it is protected

The reserve has no protection plan. Instead, protective tasks apply, under which its entire area is subject to active protection, meaning it requires human intervention rather than simply being left to itself.

History

The reserve was created in 2001.

Nearby

Within a few kilometres of the reserve are further hills of the Kaczawa Foothills, among them Skopiec and Okole. Nearby is also the Church of St John and St Catherine in Świerzawa and another forest reserve, the Góra Miłek Nature Reserve.

Practical information

• Village: Podgórki, Złotoryja County
• Coordinates: 50.956111, 15.866111
• A forest reserve with no protection plan, subject to active protection - it is worth checking access rules and any trail markings before travelling, for example with the relevant Forest District