Torfowisko nad jeziorem Morzysław Mały nature reserve

The peat bog by Lake Morzysław Mały is a peat bog reserve established on 23 October 1965 in Złocieniec municipality, in Drawsko County. It covers 9.61 ha (initially 7.57 ha) and includes Lake Morzysław Mały. It lies in the Drawsko Landscape Park, in the Natura 2000 site Ostoja Drawska.

What the reserve protects

The aim of protection is the ecosystem of a mesotrophic lake, a transitional bog, quaking bogs and raised bogs, as well as ash-alder carr, sphagnum alder swamp and bog pine forest. Rare plants grow here, among them Scheuchzeria palustris, small cranberry, round-leaved sundew and the marsh helleborine. Among animals, the crane, the fire-bellied toad and the moor frog are protected. Supervision is exercised by the Złocieniec Forest District.

Practical information

• Location: 5.5 km north-north-east of Złocieniec, by the Nowy Toporzyk - Cieszyno road, 1.5 km south-west of Cieszyno.
• From the west the reserve is skirted by the marked green Terminal Moraine Hills Trail from Złocieniec to Cieszyno. The trail also leads to the neighbouring Jezioro Czarnówek nature reserve, 0.7 km to the south-west.
• Reserve protection requires keeping to the trail and to the rules set by the manager.