Kopanicha nature reserve - floristic and forest nature reserve located in Poland, in voivodeship of Lodz, in Skierniewice County, in Skierniewice commune.
Geographic coordinates: 52 ° 00′44 ″ N 20 ° 11′14 ″ E
Area: 42.53 ha. Established in: 1980
The reserve is located in the area Bolimowski Landscape Parkcovers part of the river valley Rawki (with a slope), which forms semicircular depressions among the areas located above the valley. The subject of protection are forest complexes of: alder, alder riparian forest, swamp forest and broadleaf forest with multi-species undergrowth and natural tree stand. The reserve also covers a small area above the escarpment. Within the reserve, there is a peat-filled depression near the edge of the Rawka river valley. It is separated from the surrounding pine forest by a picturesque, high escarpment.
The most valuable plants that grow here are: listera ovoid, broadleaf helleborine, common larch and vaginal woolly.
There are many rare and protected plants here, incl. juniper club moss, club moss, mud cranberry, common swamp, goldenhead lily.
Of the fauna, the following deserve attention: tree frog, common newt, grass snake, black stork, black woodpecker and Middle Spotted Woodpecker, northern vole, velvet shrew and rivers' water thistle.
The reserve is a game refuge.
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