Bory Tucholskie” National Park

”Bory
Tucholskie”
National Park
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The situation of the Park
Lakes
Angling
Animals
Flora
Tourist trails
Interesting side notes
Situation of the Park
National Park
„Bory Tucholskie”
is situated in the
Pomeranian province,
near Chojnice and Brusy.
Lakes
There are
21 lakes within the
Park, among which
Ostrowite Lake is
the biggest and the
deepest.
Eight of them are
connected and they
form a stretch
called
Eight Lakes Stream.
Angling
You can catch:
pike, perch,
tench, bream,
chub, ide
and rudd.
Animals
The largest animal groups which appear are: mammals,
birds, amphibians and reptiles.
Mammal representatives: roe deer, deer, boar, fox, otter, badger, beaver, hare, Daubenton’s
bat, shrew
Bird representatives: white stork, grey heron, white-tailed eagle, eagle-owl, kingfisher, hawk,
sparrowhawk, buzzard, crane, common goldeneye and bean goose
Reptile representatives: blindworm, sand lizard, viviparous lizard, grass snake and common
viper
Mammals
Fox
Hare
Badger
Otter
Roe deer
Boar
Ptaki
Common Goldeneye
White-tailed eagle
Kingfisher
White Stork
Sparrowhawk
Eagle-owl
Gady
Blindworm
Sand lizard
Grass snake
Common viper
Vivaparous lizard
Płazy
Fire-bellied toad Northern crested newt
Marsh frog
Moor frog
Green toad
Tree frog
Flora
The flora of Bory Tucholskie belongs to an average-rich
flora. There are 1068 species of plants.
Extermely valuable elements of the Park’s flora are plants
connected with so-called lobelian lakes.
98% of the Park’s forests constitutes pine forests.
Marsh forest
A habitat under quite a strog influence of
groundwater. The dominant plant complex
of this habitat is the Pomeranian
birch-oak forest. It takes up 0,1% of
the forest surface.
Damp forest
The habitat is fertile and favourably wet.
Tree stand constitutes mainly black alder,
birch and aspen. Quite luxuriant undergrowth
create: hazel, dogwood and ash. It takes up
0,1% of the forest surface.
Fresh forest
The habitat of fresh forest stands out from
pine stand tree with a dash of silver birch. In
the Park it’s the dominant habitat comprising
a little more than 90% of the forest surface.
Mixed forest
The habitat is medium-fertile. The species
forming the tree stand upper layer are the
Scots pine with the participation of the oak
and the silver birch. In the Park it takes up
about 0,9% of the surface.
Tourist trails
There are five hiking trails which run through
“Bory Tucholskie” National Park’s area with the
total length of about 47 km and two cycling
trails (each of them is over 100 km long).
The length of the trails: 87 400 m
Interesting side notes
- ”Bory Tucholskie” National park was established on July 1st
1996; it’s one of 23 national parks in Poland.
- It takes up 4613,05 hectare.
- It’s the only such a park in Poland and unique in Europe aiming at
the protection of outwash plain.
- Ecosystems participation (in percentage):
- forest: 83,00 %
- non-forest: ok. 5,5%
- water: 11,5 %
-
International Coordinating Council of the Man and the Biosphere
Programme (MAB) decided on setting up ”Bory Tucholskie”
Biosphere Reserve. It’s the 10th and the biggest biosphere reserve
in Poland.
Koniec
The presentation prepared by:
Marek Sielawa and Bartek Bonk from VI A
Źródła:
http://borytucholskie.pl/park,narodowy
http://park.borytucholskie.info/index.php?a=56
http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_Narodowy_%E2%80%9EBory_Tucholskie%E2%80%9D