Roztocze National Park

The National Park Roztocze (Polish Roztoczański Park Narodowy ) is a national park in Poland, which is located in the southeastern part of the country, in the Lublin Voivodeship.

Generally

The National Park includes the most valuable natural resources of the area of the Central Roztocze. This landscape is located in the valley of the upper Wieprz. The central Roztocze is separated from the Lubelska Plateau and the Sandomierz Basin and is of particular geological structure. Most important types of relief are the upper reaches levels Buttes, edges, ravines and valleys.

Flora

The flora of vascular plants in the National Park is estimated to be around 750 species. In addition, there are about 400 monuments trees in national park area. It come here before 21 forest communities and a number of plant communities of lower rank, of which the most valuable, the highland pine forests and the Carpathian beech forest, comprise approximately 45% of the forest area. The local pines are among the largest in Poland (50 m height, 470 cm circumference and up to 20 m³ wood pulp ).

Fauna

Large, occurring in the National Park Mammals include Deer, roe deer, wild boar, foxes, martens, badgers, lynxes and wolves, as well as to aquatic otter and beaver. Periodically moose appear in the National Park. In 1979, beavers, which were temporarily extinct in the park, reintroduced in 1982 Bilgorai horses were introduced in the National Park, descendants of the former forest wild horses, which today are also the symbol of the National Park.

Among the approximately 190 living in the park birds spotted eagle, honey buzzard, the black stork, the numerous woodpeckers ( including the rare white-backed woodpecker ), the red-breasted flycatcher and the collared flycatcher, wood pigeon, the siskin and the wagtail deserve special attention.

The reptiles are represented by the sand lizard, the forest lizard and the slow worm - often in their turquoise shape, the adder and grass snake, and the rare marsh turtle.