Wiśnicz-Lipnica Landscape Park (''Wiśnicko-Lipnicki Park Krajobrazowy'') is a
protected area (
Landscape Park) in southern
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...
, established in 1997, covering an area of .
The Park lies within
Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in
Bochnia County
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Bochnia County ( pl, powiat bocheński) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, southern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government ...
(
Gmina Lipnica Murowana,
Gmina Nowy Wiśnicz).
Within the Landscape Park are three
nature reserve
A nature reserve (also known as a wildlife refuge, wildlife sanctuary, biosphere reserve or bioreserve, natural or nature preserve, or nature conservation area) is a protected area of importance for flora, fauna, or features of geological or ...
s.
Plants and fungi
The vascular flora of the Wiśnicko-Lipnicki Landscape Park has 671 species, while the bryophyte flora has 122 species. Of the more interesting species, the following are found: green hellebore, stemless thistle, cruciferous gentian, periwinkle gentian, golden lily, white coltsfoot, wolfsbane, broad-leaved and spotted cuckoo, common larvae, bog gnat. On shady places in the forest one can find ostrich plume fern, giant horsetail, forest scabious, lily of the valley of the valley. A total of 51 protected species of vascular plants and 24 species of protected bryophytes were found.
A forest nature reserve of Bukowiec was established on the top of Bukowiec, where flowering specimens of common ivy can be found among the well-preserved stand of trees. The park has been shown to contain 187 different taxa of fungi. Rare species found here include: poplar caterpillars, green-blue coot, curly-leaved foldwort, pine bole, tubular scabious, and sitka bun. 136 species of lichens have also been recorded here, the most interesting of which are: rough crush, variegated ribwort, literacium proper, goldenseal.
References
Landscape parks in Poland
Parks in Lesser Poland Voivodeship
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