A forest reserve with beeches and ashes on a slope above the Vistula valley in Wiślica near Skoczów.
The Skarpa Wiślicka nature reserve is a forest reserve in Wiślica, in Skoczów municipality, established in 1996. It protects valuable beech stands and riparian forests with monumental specimens of beech and ash.
The reserve now covers 29.03 hectares, although it originally had 24.17 hectares. It is dominated by beech, ash, sycamore, hornbeam, wych elm, small-leaved lime, pedunculate oak and field maple. The oldest parts of the stand are about 140 years old.
About 120 species of vascular plants grow in the undergrowth, including ramsons and the Cieszyn spring plant (cieszynianka wiosenna).
The reserve rises above national road no. 81, on the left bank of the Vistula valley, between 279 and 350 metres above sea level.
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