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Nature trail

designation:

Nasale – Pogorza?ka, Byczyna Municipality

short description:

The trail leads through the most interesting natural areas and is considered to be a relatively easy way of teaching about the natural world.

detailed description:

The trail is located in the south-eastern part of the Byczyna Municipality and is about 4.5 km long. Estimated duration of the hike is between 1.5 to 2 hours. The trail begins at the bust stop in Nasale, 7 km south-east of Byczyna. It goes through a forest with a stand comprising pines and, in damp locations along water-courses, alder grove with alders and some ash trees. The attraction of the trail is a pine forest the structure of which is similar to that of a natural ancient forest. The stand of this forest community consists of ca. 90-year-old pines and some silver birches and pedunculate oaks. The shrub layer is not well developed and is represented by the mountain ash, often referred to as the rowan tree. The undergrowth is relatively poor and not varied, which is characteristic of pine forests. There are also dense shrubs of various blackberry species, and in places lacking in those – common species of grass such as wood small-reed. Visitors can also encounter here bilberries, red berries as well as wild berries, and admire picturesque yellow flowers of the golden lungwort and the wall lettuce. The area is a favourable habitat for birds. We can spot here the great tit, blue tit, song thrush, middle spotted woodpecker, blackbird and chaffinch. The trail then wends its way through a meadow where one can find many interesting plant species. They include the marsh thistle, brook thistle, soft rush, brown knapweed, ragged robin, marsh marigold, water forget-me-not, water avens, purple moor grass and others. On can also encounter here the common and the moor frogs, and in summer, when the meadow is full of flowers in bloom, the place is an excellent habitat for numerous butterflies. The next stop on the trail is the humid meadows lying in the valley of the local stream. The plants growing on the wetland include the soft rush, wood club-rush, common milkweed, creeping jenny, brook thistle, bistort, common sorrel, marsh willow herb and milk parsley. The fauna world is represented by the grass snake, common frog, yellowhammer, meadow pipit and pied wagtail.

Accessible:

Others

Animals allowed: Yes