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5 Beech and VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
Fir Forests
The trail goes Practical Information
through woods Map B2. n Bijela Vodica 48, Crni
of fir and beech Lug, (051) 836 133, (051) 836 261.
trees; many of Open summer: 7am–10pm daily;
the trees are very winter: 7am–9pm daily. & 8
large. The under The Leska trail is 4.2 km (2.6 miles)
growth consists of long, easy and well signposted.
hazelnut, bilberry It takes about 2 hours to cover.
and elder bushes.
∑ risnjak.hr
4 Mountain Meadows
The areas which
were deforested for
agriculture or grazing
land for animals are now
mountain meadows. In
late spring they explode
with the varied colours
of heather, purple
moor grass, fescue
and other grasses.
0 metres 200
0 yards 200
1 Conservation of Trees
The protection of the older, larger
plant species was one of the reasons Crni Lug
the reserve was set up. Within the park
are examples of enormous ancient
beech, spruce and silver fir trees, and
also some rarer trees, such as the
mountain elm and maple.
2 Storm Damage
When strong winds blow down
old or sick trees, they are left
where they fall as they provide
suitable growing conditions for
microorganisms such as fungi.
Key 3 Karst Sinkholes
A karst sinkhole is a funnelshaped hollow in the land.
Pedestrian trail This feature is caused by water erosion of the rock and
Other roads is characteristic of limestone areas.
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