Rezerwat Wąwóz w Skałkach
Facts and practical information
Wąwóz w Skałach Nature Reserve - an inanimate nature reserve in the municipality of Waśniów, ostrowiecki county, and the municipality of Nowa Słupia, Kielce county. It is located in the buffer zone of the Jeleniowski Landscape Park.
Area: 3.01 ha, Year of establishment: 1994, Establishment document: Ordinance. MOŚ ZNiL z 19.10.1994, MP. 56/1994, item 484, WKP registration no.: 052, Nature of the reserve: partial, Object of protection: exposure of Middle Devonian dolomites, morphology and vegetation of the ravine
The reserve is located in a deep gorge with steep slopes for 30 meters. There are dolomite outcrops and Devonian limestone. There are unique fossils of corals, stromatoporoids, snails and brachopods.
The northern slopes of the gorge are overgrown with rocky and xerothermic grasslands. Directly on the rocks grow, among others, the common hornwort, rock garlic, pale fescue, wall fescue, branch arachnid, broad-leaved helleborine, common helleborine, and simple purgative. In addition, meadow sage, hawkweed, and pine-oak are found at the foot of the rocks.
The southern part of the gorge is partially covered with deciduous forest. Hazel, linden, hornbeam and aspen grow here. The common ivy, spring pea, and lily of the valley are also found here. Xerothermic grasslands are inhabited by many species of spiders, insects and snails.
The reserve is adjacent to the active Rocks quarry to the north.
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