Cisy Nature Reserve near Sieraków

The Cisy Nature Reserve near Sieraków lies in the Ciasna municipality in Lubliniec County. It was established in 1957, covers 8.05 ha and is under active protection.

What it protects

It protects a natural habitat of common yew. One of the communities is acidic lowland beech wood, in which beeches dominate and the stand is over 150 years old. The other is a streamside ash-alder riparian forest with black alder and ash. Also growing here are a central Polish pine-oak mixed forest and a subcontinental oak-hornbeam forest with hornbeam, pedunculate oak and small-leaved lime. The reserve has stands of the moss Dicranum viride.

Location

From the south the reserve adjoins a forest clearing on which lies the settlement and brickworks of Przywary. It is about 3 km from here to Sieraków Śląski with its Church of Sts Peter and Paul the Apostles.

Practical information

• Forest terrain in compartments 144 f, g, h.
• The reserve's protection rules apply. Check the rules of entry with the forest district before your visit.