Ruda Chlebacz nature reserve - a forest reserve located in Poland, in voivodeship of Lodz, in Skierniewice County, in the municipality Skierniewicewithin Bolimowski Landscape Park.
Geographic coordinates: 51 ° 59′22 ″ N 20 ° 12′25 ″ E
The reserve covers an area of 12.58 ha. It was established by the order of the Minister of Forestry and Wood Industry of August 11, 1980.
A fragment of an old alder forest with a position is under protection the club moss. The reserve occupies a fragment of the old oxbow lake Rawki, together with the escarpment, forming a semicircular depression, cut into the level of the upland, filled with peat and fed with water seeping from under the upland.
The reserve is covered with: currant alder and riparian forests. They are multi-layered, species-rich forests with a tree stand of over 100 years black alder with admixture pedunculate oak, aspen, birch trees and pine trees. Many trees are entwined common hops or Sweet Mountain nightshade.
One of the most valuable plants is the grasshopper - mountain plant.
The fauna is represented, among others, by rare species of amphibians and several dozen species of breeding birds (e.g. thrush, woodpecker, flycatcher, piglet) and several species of mammals.
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