Dolný les is a national nature reserve in the Slovak municipality of Vysoká pri Morave in the Malacky District. The nature reserve covers an area of 186.26 ha of the Borská lowland area. It has a protection level of 4 under the slovak nature protection system. The nature reserve is part of the Záhorie Protected Landscape Area.[1]
| Dolný les | |
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| Area | 1.8626 km²[1] |
| Established | 1981 |
Description
editThe Dolný les nature reserve was declared in 1981 by the ministry of culture of the Slovak Socialist Republic. It consists of 3 parts with the largest part in the north and 2 smaller parts around 300m more to the south, separated from each other and the main part by meadows. The protected area was declared for the protection of regularly inundated soft-wood floodplain forest with willows, poplars, sporadic plants and typical animal species.[1]
Fauna
editBirds living in the nature reserve include the black-headed gull, the great reed warbler and the grey heron.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c Štátny zoznam osobitne chránených častí prírody SR (in Slovak)
- ^ Rezervácia Horný a Dolný les (Vysoká pri Morave) (in Slovak)