The Śnieżyców Jar Nature Reserve in Greater Poland was opened to visitors. With the arrival of March, it is filled with small flowers of spring snowstorm, rarely found in this region of Poland. It is worth going there for a walk, especially since this year the reserve is only open on three weekends.
At the end of February, the flowering period of the spring snowstorm begins in Poland (Leucojum Vernum). We can admire this plant, among others In the Śnieżyców Jar nature reserve, located in the Łopuchówko Forest District (Greater Poland Voivodeship).
Popular reserve
The protected area is part of the Biedrusko training ground, which means that it is a closed facility on a daily basis. During the flowering period, the plant is marked a few weekends when admission to the area is possible. This year, tourists can admire the flowering snowstorms on weekends 8-9, 15-16 and 22-23 March.
As Hanna Haładzińska -Napierała from the Łopuchówko Forest District explained on TVN24, the blooming snowstorms attracted many nature lovers – as many as two thousand people visited him on Saturday. – Our reserve has been very popular for many years, but we have the impression that there are more visitors from year to year – she said.
“However, please check that there has been a change in the plan! In the event that the Biedrusko training center will have to take place, which will directly threaten tourist safety, the reserve will not be available” – the forest district on the website emphasized.
Snowy Jar near StarczanówPAP/Jakub Kaczmarczyk
Snowy Jar near StarczanówPAP/Jakub Kaczmarczyk
A phenomenon on a national scale
Wild snowstorms are located in Poland mainly in mountainous areas. It is not entirely clear where it came from in the snowstorm Jar, but the conditions there are conducive to its growth and expansion of reach.
– This is a phenomenon on a scale of our country – said Haładzińska -Napierała. – From year to year we observe how it increases its area. It is a plant that reproduces slowly, gradually occupies subsequent areas. For now, the area of the reserve has not left.
Other species inhabiting the forest inspectorate help in expanding the area of snowstorms. Anngles spread its seeds, and wild boars in soil divide the bulbs, facilitating the plant's expansion. Thanks to their work in a snowstorm, until the end of March we will be able to admire the bell -shaped, white flowers – because then the period of its flowering is coming to an end.
TVN24, Łopuchówko Forest District
Source of the main photo: PAP/Jakub Kaczmarczyk