Opawskie Mountains Landscape Park
# 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 square kilometres (18.93 sq mi).

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
