Babczyna Dolina Nature Reserve
Rezerwat przyrody Babczyna Dolina
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
LocationSilesian Voivodeship
Coordinates50°03′18″N 18°53′06″E / 50.05500°N 18.88500°E / 50.05500; 18.88500
Area76.25 ha
Established2002

Babczyna Dolina Nature Reserve is a forest nature reserve with an area of 76.25 ha, located in Silesian Voivodeship, in the Pszczyna County, in the Gmina Suszec.[1]

The reserve is under so called strict (ochrona ścisła; 47.56 ha) and active (ochrona czynna; 28.69 ha) protection.[1] It was created on January 31, 2002, by the Silesian Governor's regulation.[2]

The object of protection is a natural complex of Calamagrostio villosae-Pinetum (bór wilgotny trzcinnikowy), which consists of pine with an admixture of spruce, oak, silver birch and downy birch, as well as beech and fir.[3][4] The dominant species in the undergrowth is Calamagrostis villosa, from which the nature reserve takes its name. In addition there is also peat bog and Sphagno squarrosi-Alnetum (forest complex dominated by black alder or downy birch).[5][6] There are rare species such as bryophytes, including Orthotrichum obtusifolium, Orthotrichum lelli and the liverwort Frullania dilatata, as well as other hygrophytes and hydrophytes.[5] It is also a home for many animal species, including viviparous lizard (Zootoca vivipara), slowworms (Anguis), grass snake (Natrix natrix), and pool frog (Pelophylax lessonae).[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Rezerwat przyrody Babczyna Dolina". Centralny Rejestr Form Ochrony Przyrody.
  2. ↑ Rozporządzenie Nr 2/2002 Wojewody Śląskiego z dnia 31 stycznia 2002 r. w sprawie uznania za rezerwat przyrody obszaru lasu w gminie Suszec (Dz. Urz. Województwa Śląskiego Nr 4, poz. 216)
  3. ↑ "Rezerwat "Babczyna Dolina" w Suszcu - Śląskie. Informacja..." www.slaskie.travel (in Polish). Retrieved 2022-05-06.
  4. ↑ "bór wilgotny trzcinnikowy - Encyklopedia Leśna". www.encyklopedialesna.pl. Retrieved 2022-05-06.
  5. 1 2 3 "Opis rezerwatu i mapka na stronie Lasów Państwowych". 2013-03-15. Archived from the original on 15 March 2013. Retrieved 2022-05-06.
  6. ↑ "Otwarta Encyklopedia Leśna [o:ols-torfowcowy]". www.encyklopedia.lasypolskie.pl. Retrieved 2022-05-06.
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