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The Jizera Mountains beech forests are among the true gems of Czech nature. This area was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2021 as part of the extensive international monument Original Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Areas of Europe. A total of 93 localities from 18 European countries are included in it. And it is the Jizera Mountains beech forests that became the first UNESCO natural monument in the Czech Republic. Forrest They cover an area of approx

The foothills, granite bedrock and high rainfall all shape the unique form of the local vegetation. The granite provides few nutrients, the climate is cold and humid, so the plants here have to be hardy and adaptable. Flora In addition to the dominant beech, there are also sycamore, large-leaved linden, mountain elm and common ash. In the undergrowth in more favorable places we can see poisonous lycopodium, multi-flowered cockscomb, perennial fennel and fir bark. Alpine milkw

The main dominant of the Jizera Mountains beech forests is the European beech – a tree that literally has a privileged position in Europe. The beech is a European endemic, which means that it naturally occurs only on our continent. It survived the Ice Age in southern parts of Europe and gradually spread across most of the continent after its end. Beech is one of the most important elements of the temperate deciduous forest biome in Europe. It represents an excellent example o