Pushcha-Vodytsia Forest (Ukrainian: Пуща-Водицький ліс), also known as Pushcha-Vodytsia Forest-Park, is a woodland located in the north of Kyiv city between Kyiv–Kovel Highway, Velyka Kiltseva Road and Bohatyrska Street. The territory of forest belongs to the communal company "Sviatoshyn Forestry" and is a part of Holosiiv National Nature Park.[1] The name of the forest comes from Pushcha-Vodytsia, a historic neighborhood of Kyiv.
Forest floral composition consists of mixed type with predominant sections of dense pine forest.
In 2005 parts of the forest was turned into a forest preserve of local significance.[2][3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Ліси [Forests]. Holosiiv National Nature Park. 2018-04-27.
- ^ Forest preserve of local significance "Mezhyhiria-Pushcha-Vodytsia" (Лісовий заказник місцевого значення «Межигірсько-Пуща-Водицький»). Natural Preservation Fund of Kyiv Portal.
- ^ Information about the district. Official website of Obolonskyi District.
External links
edit- Pushcha-Vodytsia Forest in the WWW Encyclopedia of Kiev (WEK)
- In Pushcha-Vodytsia they are destroying forest? (У Пущі-Водиці винищують ліс?). Kyiv (Ukrayinska Pravda). 19 December 2011.