Opawskie Mountains Landscape Park

Opawskie Mountains Landscape Park (Park Krajobrazowy Gór Opawskich) is a protected area (Landscape Park) in the Opawskie Mountains in south-western Poland, established in 1988, covering an area of 49.03 km2.

The Park lies within Opole Voivodeship: in Nysa County (Gmina Głuchołazy) and Prudnik County (Gmina Prudnik, Gmina Lubrza), between the cities of Prudnik and Głuchołazy.

Within the Landscape Park are four nature reserves.

Flora of the Park
There are over 500 species of vascular plants in the area of the Opawskie Mountains Landscape Park, most of them are native species.


 * Allium ursinum
 * Atropa belladonna
 * Aruncus dioicus
 * Asplenium septentrionale
 * Carlina acaulis
 * Cephalanthera longifolia
 * Corydalis intermedia
 * Daphne mezereum
 * Digitalis grandiflora
 * Digitalis purpurea
 * Epipactis albensis
 * Lilium martagon
 * Lysimachia nemorum
 * Orchis mascula
 * Orobanche flava
 * Ranunculus platanifolius
 * Struthiopteris spicant

Fauna of the Park
There are 163 species of protected animals in the Opawskie Mountains Landscape Park, 154 of which are under strict protection.

Amphibians

 * Alpine newt
 * Common frog
 * Edible frog
 * European fire-bellied toad
 * Fire salamander
 * Marsh frog
 * Pelobates fuscus
 * Yellow-bellied toad

Reptiles

 * Anguis fragilis
 * Grass snake
 * Sand lizard
 * Smooth snake
 * Vipera berus

Birds

 * Black stork
 * Black woodpecker
 * Common kingfisher
 * Corn crake
 * Eurasian eagle-owl
 * Eurasian hoopoe
 * European green woodpecker
 * Great spotted woodpecker
 * Grey-headed woodpecker
 * Grey wagtail
 * Middle spotted woodpecker
 * White stork
 * White-throated dipper

Mammals

 * Brown long-eared bat
 * Capreolus
 * Cervus
 * Daubenton's bat
 * European mole
 * Greater mouse-eared bat
 * Hare
 * Lesser horseshoe bat
 * Natterer's bat
 * Northern bat
 * Sciurus
 * Western barbastelle
 * Wild boar