Second stage of the removal of trees and brushwood has come to an end

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Second stage of the removal of trees and brushwood has come to an end

The expansion of the forest and thicket plant communities which took place in the recent years due to the cessation of the traditional land use involving herding and scything has contributed to the gradual vanishing of the typical features of the Kraków-Częstochowa upland.

The rocks have become covered by trees and shrubs. The progressing tree and shrub succession causes overshadowing and habitat changes concerning humidity and temperature, resulting in the retreat and eventual extinction of the stenothermic biocenoses consisting in valuable species of fauna and flora.

The second stage of the removal of trees and brushwood was finished at the turn of February and March 2015. It was carried out in the total area of 33.42 ha, encompassing four NATURA 2000 refugia: the Olsztyn-Mirów refugium, the Złoty Potok refugium, the Kroczyce refugium, and the Środkowa Jura refugium. The action involved the herding and grazing areas and the hills, aiming at more efficient grazing and improving the state of the rock grasslands. The coppice of the following species was removed: pine, hazel, blackthorn, birch, hornbeam, and poplar.

The implementation of the action of active protection by means of the removal of trees and brushwood results in the protection of the rock grasslands and xerothermic grasslands biodiversity. Apart from that, the measures involved improve the landscape value of the Kraków-Częstochowa upland. The typical monadnocks which are an unique element of the Jura landscape are better exposed.

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