White Carpathians Protected Landscape Area () is one of the 14 protected landscape areas in

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. The Landscape Area protects the Slovak part of the

White Carpathians The White Carpathians (; ; ) are a mountain range on the border of the Czech Republic and Slovakia, part of the Carpathians. They are part of the macroregion of Slovak-Moravian Carpathians, stretching from the Váh river and the Little Carpat ...

, part of the Slovak-Moravian Carpathians, in West Slovakia. The area stretches from

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in the south west to the

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in the north east, copying the border between Slovakia and the

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and is about 80 km long. White Carpathians PLA was founded on 12 July 1979, and the law was amended on 28 August 2003.

Biology and ecology

Forests cover 299.8 km² (67.26%) of the area. The most widespread

genera Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial s ...

of trees are

beech Beech (genus ''Fagus'') is a genus of deciduous trees in the family Fagaceae, native to subtropical (accessory forest element) and temperate (as dominant element of Mesophyte, mesophytic forests) Eurasia and North America. There are 14 accepted ...

, linden and ash. Other plants include

orchids Orchids are plants that belong to the family Orchidaceae (), a diverse and widespread group of flowering plants with blooms that are often colourful and fragrant. Orchids are cosmopolitan plants that are found in almost every habitat on Earth ...

, for example '' Dactylorhiza fuchsii subsp. sooiana'' and '' Ophrys holubyana''. Private fields are often home to endangered species, such as corncockle (''Agrostemma githago''), corn buttercup (''Ranunculus arvensis'') and '' Nigella arvensis''. Animals are represented by the European mantis,

Rosalia longicorn The rosalia longicorn (''Rosalia alpina'') or alpine longhorn beetle is a large longicorn (family Cerambycidae) that is distinguished by its distinctive markings. Classification The species was first described as ''Cerambyx alpinus'' by Carl L ...

, ''

Lucanus cervus ''Lucanus cervus'', known as the European stag beetle, or the greater stag beetle, is one of the best-known species of stag beetle (family Lucanidae) in Western Europe, and is the eponymous example of the genus. ''L. cervus'' is listed as Near T ...

'', mountain Apollo, great crested newt, black stork,

saker falcon The saker falcon (Falco cherrug) is a large falcon species. It breeds from Central Europe eastwards across the Palearctic to Manchuria. It is a partial migrant, which means that some part of the population is migratory, some part is not. In Eur ...

Eurasian eagle-owl The Eurasian eagle-owl (''Bubo bubo'') is a species of eagle-owl, a type of bird that resides in much of Eurasia. It is often just called the eagle-owl in Europe and Asia. It is one of the largest species of owl. Females can grow to a total le ...

Eurasian lynx The Eurasian lynx (''Lynx lynx'') is one of the four wikt:extant, extant species within the medium-sized wild Felidae, cat genus ''Lynx''. It is widely distributed from Northern Europe, Northern, Central Europe, Central and Eastern Europe to Cent ...

, and

European wildcat The European wildcat (''Felis silvestris'') is a small wildcat species native to continental Europe, Great Britain, Turkey and the Caucasus. Its fur is brownish to grey with stripes on the forehead and on the sides and has a bushy tail with a bl ...

References

BieleKarpaty.sk (official website)

External links

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Biology and ecology

See also

References

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