Český les Protected Landscape Area
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Český les Protected Landscape Area (abbreviated as Český les PLA; Template:Langx, abbreviated as CHKO Český les) is a protected landscape area in the Czech Republic. It lies in the western part of the Plzeň Region along the border with the German state of Bavaria. It protects the most valuable parts of the Upper Palatinate Forest (Template:Langx) mountain range.
Český les PLA was declared in 2005 as the 25th protected landscape area of the Czech Republic. Most of the area was vacated after the forced expulsion of the predominantly German inhabitants after the World War II. Until the fall of the Communist regime in 1989 it was part of the Western border zone, virtually uninhabited. Due to this development it is today an area little affected by human activities, a mosaic of deep forests, meadows and forests. There are many valuable well-preserved habitats of the beech and mixed fir-beech forests (though replaced by spruce plantations in a large part of the original area), bog spruce forests and bog Mountain Pine forests. Geologically the area is not much varied, with the nutrient deficient rocks of the so-called Moldanubicum pluton of Paleozoic to Proterozoic origin (granites, gneiss, schists, slates). Český les PLA covers an area of Script error: No such module "convert"..
There are no permanent settlements in the area, rather a few restored hamlets and many of the meadows and pastures are now used for cattle raising. The protected area is divided in two parts separated by the D5 highway connecting the Czech Republic and Germany. The zone close to the highway was not included in the protected area.
Small-scale protected areas
As of February 2007 there were following nature reserves and other small-scale protected areas within the Český les PLA:
| Name | Type | Area | Reason for protection | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broumovská bučina | Nature reserve | Script error: No such module "convert". | herb-rich beech forest | |
| Bučina u Žďáru | Nature reserve | Script error: No such module "convert". | acidophilous montane beech forest | |
| Bystřice | Nature reserve | Script error: No such module "convert". | mixed montane forest | |
| Čerchovské hvozdy | National nature reserve | Script error: No such module "convert". | primal mixed beech forest | |
| Diana | Nature reserve | Script error: No such module "convert". | primeval herb-rich forest | |
| Dlouhý vrch | Nature reserve | Script error: No such module "convert". | montane sycamore-beech forest | |
| Farské bažiny | Nature reserve | Script error: No such module "convert". | bog spruce forest | |
| Hvožďanská louka | Nature monument | Script error: No such module "convert". | managed meadow | |
| Jezírka u Rozvadova | Nature reserve | Script error: No such module "convert". | peat bog | |
| Křížový kámen | Nature reserve | Script error: No such module "convert". | raised bog forest with peat lakes | |
| Louka u Staré Huti | Nature monument | Script error: No such module "convert". | managed bog meadow | |
| Malý Zvon | Nature reserve | Script error: No such module "convert". | autochthonous beech forest | |
| Milov | Nature monument | Script error: No such module "convert". | sloped spring peat bog | |
| Na požárech | National nature monument | Script error: No such module "convert". | transitional bog (originally declared for grouse protection) | |
| Nad Hutí | Nature reserve | Script error: No such module "convert". | autochthonous beech forest | |
| Ostrůvek | Nature reserve | Script error: No such module "convert". | raised bog forest | |
| Pavlova Huť | Nature reserve | Script error: No such module "convert". | bog spruce forest | |
| Pleš | Nature reserve | Script error: No such module "convert". | ravine sycamore and sloped beech forest | |
| Podkovák | Nature reserve | Script error: No such module "convert". | raised bog forest | |
| Skalky na Sádku | Nature monument | Script error: No such module "convert". | spruce-beach forest | |
| Starý Hirštejn | Nature reserve | Script error: No such module "convert". | autochthonous mixed forest | |
| Tišina | Nature reserve | Script error: No such module "convert". | acidophilous montane beech forest | |
| Tři Znaky | Nature reserve | Script error: No such module "convert". | declaration pending | |
| Veský mlýn | Nature monument | Script error: No such module "convert". | transitional bog | |
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