The Labūnava Forest (Lithuanian: Labūnavos miškai) is a forest in Kėdainiai District Municipality, central Lithuania, located 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) south east from Labūnava. It covers an area of 1,420 hectares (3,500 acres).[1] It consists of smaller forests: the Labūnava Forest (proper), the Kruopiai Forest, the Servydgalis Forest. Most of the forest belongs to the Barupė basin.
| Labūnava Forest Lithuanian: Labūnavos miškai | |
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 Labūnava Forest in Sičioniai village surroundings | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Kėdainiai District Municipality, Lithuania |
| Coordinates | 55°09′00″N 23°55′59″E / 55.150°N 23.933°E |
| Area | 14.2 km2 (5.5 sq mi) |
| Ecology | |
| Forest cover | birch, spruce, aspen, ash |
| Fauna | wild boar, roe deer, red fox, moose, hare |
As of the 1980s, 31 % of the area was covered by birch, 30 % by spruce, 13 % by aspen, 15 % by ash, 11 % by oak, black alder and white alder tree groups.[1] The fauna of the forest consists of wild boar, roe deer, red deer, moose, red fox, hare, also there are black storks, cranes, black kites, perns, white-backed woodpeckers, middle spotted woodpeckers, lesser spotted eagles.[1] The forest is a part of the Labūnava Biosphere Polygon.
References
edit- ^ a b c Brukas, Algirdas (1986). "Labūnavos miškai". Tarybų Lietuvos enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). Vol. 2. Vilnius: Vyriausioji enciklopedijų redakcija. p. 463.