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Nature Reserve "Medobory"

Location: Ternopil region, Husyatyn, Pidvolochynskyy and Kremenetsky areas

Size: 10521.0 hectares

Subordination: State Forestry Committee of Ukraine

Mailing address: Wildlife "Medobory" - 48210 Ternopil region., Husyatyn district, town. Grymailiv, Mickiewicz street, 21. The territory of nature reserve was expanded according to the Decree of the President of Ukraine that is dated September 20th, 2000 № 1095. Nature reserve “Modobory” consists of two parts, namely "Medobory" (9521.0 ha Husyatyn and Pidvolochysk districts) and "Kremenets Mountains" (1000.0 ha Kremenets district).

History: Steppe reserves mountains Gostra and Tsypel was created in 1910 in order to protect bryozoan-coral rocks. After that it was created the forest reserve Volytsia (now - Krasnyansky forestry). The present territory of the reserve was declared in 1963 as a nature monument of national importance called "Kremenets Mountains" (area of 1000.0 hectares), and Medobirskyy Geological Conservation (area of 8071 hectares) was declared in 1982. From the 1st of January 2004 Nature Reserve consists of three forestries Viknyanskiy, Horodnytskiy, Krasnianskiy and with filial branch of "Kremenets Mountains", which includes 7 “maysterski stations” and 25 “obhody”.

Purpose: The reserve was created in order to preserve the natural state of unique natural complexes and Podolski Toltry Kremenets Hills, gene pool of flora and fauna and their use for scientific purposes.

Relief: The highest peak of Reserve is Mountain Bohit Mountain (414 m).

Climate: The climate of the reserve is characterized by mild winters (average January temperature is -3 ° C) and moderately warm summers (average July temperature is +18 ° C). Significant precipitation is 620 mm per year. This amount of precipitation creates favorable conditions for the growth of middle European forest species.

Soils: Gray loamy soils on loesses, loess loam and limestone diluvium is dominated in soil surface.

Vegetation: 93% of nature reserve area is covered with oak and hornbeam, hornbeam-oak, oak, hornbeam, ash and oak and beech forests.

Flora: There are about 1000 species of higher vascular plants. A lot of them is rare endemic, relict and boundary-areal species. The Red Book of Ukraine lists 44 species: dittany, shyverekiyu Podolsk, onions disservice, astrantsiyu large, satin reviving, wood lily, crocus Heyfeliv, 12 species of orchids, including authentic shoes Kukushkin et al., The European Red List - 6 species. There are plant groups that is indicated in the Green Book of Ukraine: 2 forest’s and 5 steppe communities.

Fauna: The number of invertebrates is about 1,500 species of insects, 17 of which are listed in the Red Book of Ukraine. Among them: the stag beetle, Mnemosyne, Swallowtail, vusach musky, saturniya ore, bumblebee moss, strichkarka blakitna, etc. ksylokopa zvachajna. There are also 9 species of fish, 11 - amphibians, 7 - reptiles. Avifauna is the largest group of vertebrates in the reserve and includes 188 species. Basically it is typical for the area. 14 species are listed in the Red Book of Ukraine. This small and large spotted eagle, harrier field, stone speckled thrush, barn owl, Ural owl, gray shrike and others. There are 47 species of mammals which are represented in the reserve. The representatives of rodents and carnivores are common here. There are large animals in protected areas, for instance European roe, wild pig, fox. Six mammal species listed in the Red Book of Ukraine badger, ermine and 4 species of bats live on the territory of reserve. Overall, the reserve protected 34 "Red" species. 7 species of animals from the European Red List: bat great, Wuhan brown, rattle, grape snail, hermit beetle and others live here. The bats that inhabit the cave "Pearl" and other, mostly small cave are the most specific and beautiful species. There is a large number of great bat. This species is listed in the Red Book of Ukraine and the European Red List.