Jabłecznik nature reserve - floristic and forest nature reserve in Poland, in voivodeship of Lodz, in Zduńska Wola district, located near the villages of Annopole Nowe, Korczew (Zduńskowolski poviat) and Wojsławice (Zduńskowolski poviat) in the commune Zdunska Wola and partly a commune Szadek.
The reserve is subject to the Andrzejów Forestry.
The area of the reserve covers the area of 47.29 ha. It was created on March 26, 1975.
Geographic coordinates: 51 ° 38′22 ″ N 18 ° 53′26 ″ E
Type of reserve: floristic. Type of the reserve: biocenotic and physiocenotic, subtype: natural and semi-natural biocoenoses. Ecosystem type: forest and coniferous forest, subtype: upland forests.
It was created in order to preserve the forest communities of firespecially with the valuable multi-layer fir forest and multi-species undergrowth. The purpose of forest protection is not only to ensure the durability of the species composition, but also the continuity of the ecological processes taking place in the reserve.
It is about preserving not only forest communities with fir (the reserve is located near the northern limit of the silver fir range), but four different forest communities including: lime-hornbeam-oak forest with fir (hornbeam forest), pine-oak forest mixed also with fir , pine forest - fresh and moist ash-alder forest.
The shrub layer is made up of: buckthorn, without coral, common euonymus and coral viburnum.
The fleece is lush in the fir forest, while in the mixed forest it is much poorer.
Of the very valuable plants found in the reserve, the following deserve special attention: yellow gamekeeper, large-flowered starlet, sweet frost.
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