Brunatna Gleba Nature Reserve

Brunatna Gleba is a small inanimate nature reserve in Czaplinek municipality, in Drawsko County, protecting a fragment of forest brown soil. It lies in Drawsko Landscape Park.

What the reserve protects

The reserve, with an area of 1.10 ha, was established on 10 December 1971 to preserve a well-developed brown soil with clearly marked genetic horizons. It is overgrown by fertile, moist lowland beech wood and Pomeranian oak-hornbeam forest. Protected plants listed include sweet woodruff, lily of the valley, common hepatica and the lesser butterfly-orchid. The reserve is under active protection.

A trail beside the reserve

On the western side of the reserve runs the red “Salt” Trail for hikers, from Połczyn-Zdrój to Czaplinek. The site lies south-east of the Dolina Pięciu Jezior reserve, and the whole area falls within the boundaries of Drawsko Landscape Park.

Practical information

• Location: forest compartment 431d, about 12 km south-east of Połczyn-Zdrój, on the western side of voivodeship road no. 163 Połczyn-Zdrój - Czaplinek.
• The reserve lies in the area of the Połczyn Forest District. Check the rules for moving around the reserve with the forest district.