"Meszcz" nature reserve was established in 1959 and has an area of 35.32 ha. It is in the commune Piotrkow Trybunalski, in Piotrków County, in voivodeship of Lodz, in Poland.
Geographic coordinates: 51 ° 27′00 ″ N 19 ° 46′40 ″ E
It is protected small-leaved linden, an important species of mixed lime-hornbeam and oak forests (hornbeam forests). The stand of the reserve consists of small-leaved lime trees of natural origin, with straight, slender trunks that can be found both in the layer of trees and in the undergrowth, as well as over 100-year-old common pines. Presumably, a deciduous forest once grew here, after cutting it down and afforested with pine. However, a new generation of trees probably spread and multiplied from the few surviving limes, which restored the forest to its original character.
The vegetation of the reserve also consists of a subcontinental oak-hornbeam forest and a mixed pine-oak forest.
Among the vascular plants we can find here, among others blueberry, golden-headed lily, a smaller pear, hepatica, I will hug Schultes, hare oxalis and foxglove. Some of them are included in the "Red List of Endangered Vascular Plants in Poland".
Not too far away is the village of Meszcz, on the western edge of a large forest complex, and 1 km further the settlement of the Meszcz forestry inspectorate, next to it there are about 70 oaks - nature monuments with a trunk circumference of 3-4 m, which were once protected by a forester against logging. and a forester's lodge at the edge of the forest and a lime tree opposite - a natural monument.
To the north-east, a dozen or so kilometers towards Wolborzthe reserve "Lubiaszów" protecting multi-species forest with an advantage fir treesshe accompanies oak, sycamore maple, hornbeam, Pine, spruce, Birch and lime Tree.
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