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NATURE RESERVES

The aim of protection is the maintenance of the forest lowland ecosystem with the habitats of rare plant and animal species.

On the area of Wymiarki Forest District 5 sanctuaries of 236.55 ha are located (1.01.2014) including:

- 1 forest sanctuary

- 3 peat bog sanctuaries

- 1 floral sanctuary

The most important sanctuaries in terms of phytosociology and floristics are: "Erica", "Crane Bog", "Rhynchospora Vahl Swamps", "Over the Mill Stream" and "Sheltered Place". They protect the plant positions in Europe of an atlantic type of range such as cross-leaved heath or brown beak-sedge included in Polish Red Book of Plants (Kaźmierczakowa, Zarzycki 2001).

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FORESTS OF THE FOREST DISTRICT

FORESTS OF THE FOREST DISTRICT

The Wymiarki Forest District is a district located on the outer edge of all 20 units of Regional Directorate of State Forests. Forests of the District are located in the Lower Silesian Wilderness (Bory Dolnośląskie), one of the largest forest complexes in the country.

The territorial scope of the Forest District is 33,187 ha. Its overall area is 23,947.58 ha, including the forest area of 23,011.77 ha.  The forestation comprises 69.5%. There are 48 employees in the Forest District, 29 of them are filed workers.

The forests are dominated by even-aged pine monocultures. The average forest stand age is 54 years. The average forest stand growth rate is 6.65 m3/ha. The average abundance of forests stands has increased during the last decade to the current 219 m3/ha.