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Nature and education trail

designation:

Go?kowice – Kostów, Byczyna Municipality

short description:

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

detailed description:

The Golkowice-Kostów nature and education trail is located in the northern part of the Byczyna Municipality and is about 8 km long. The estimated duration of the hike is about 3 hours. The trail begins at the bus stop in Go?kowice. After 300 m it reaches a historical palace surrounded by a vast park where we will find the first stop on the trail. The park’s tree stand is dominated by the pedunculate oak, hornbeam, small leaved lime and Norway maple. The trail continues towards in-field ponds where the second stop is located. One can find there the Lemno-Spirodeletum polyrhizae with two species characteristic for this community: lesser duckweed and greater duckweed. The trail then passes the village of Go?kowice on the left. It is worth abandoning the trail half way through the village in order to take a close look at an old wooden church. After 2.5 km the trail reaches the river Prosna, which forms a number of meanders and branches into several smaller streams separated by inaccessible islets. This is the next stop. It is interesting because of natural plant communities occurring here. The area is covered by a marshy meadow comprising forest wetland dominated by alders mixed with some ash trees. In the old river beds and meanders we can encounter the white water-lily and yellow water-lily which are strictly protected. The area is also rich in animal species. The trail then leads to a manor park where the last stop is located. This is where one can see one of the thickest specimens of the ginko bilboa, a tree from southern China, in Poland. Another tree of foreign origin there is the Amur cork tree originally found in Japan and China. The trail ends at the railway station.

Accessible:

Others

Animals allowed: Yes