Lapiș Forest

Lapiș Forest
Lapiș Forest
Pădurea Lapiș
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
	Location within Romania
Location	Romania ; Sălaj County
Nearest city	Șimleu Silvaniei
Coordinates	47°15′47″N 22°45′14″E / 47.263°N 22.754°E
Area	430.40 hectares (1,063.5 acres)
Established	2005

Lapiș Forest (Romanian: Pădurea Lapiș) nature reserve IUCN category IV, is located in northwestern Romania, in the west of Sălaj County, near the village of Nușfalău, which is about 9 km from Șimleu Silvaniei.^[2]

Description

The Forest Lapiș with an area of 430,40 ha^[3] was declared natural protected area by the Government Decision No.2151 in 2004 (published in Romanian Official Paper Number 152 on April 12, 2005)^[4] and is a relict of a much bigger cluster of ancient forests Codrii Silvaniei.

Flora and fauna

Flora

Vegetation of forest

Pedunculate oak (Quercus pedunculiflora), sessile oak (Quercus petraea), small-leaved lime (Tilia cordata),

English oak (Quercus robur), Hungarian oak (Quercus frainetto), European ash (Fraxinus excelsior), Turkey oak (Quercus cerris), European black pine, (Pinus nigra), Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris), black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia), wild cherry (Prunus avium);

Species of grass

Lungwort (Pulmonaria officinalis), wild arum (Arum maculatum), windflower (Anemone nemorosa), yellow wood anemone (Anemone ranunculoides), smooth meadow-grass (Poa pratensis), red fescue (Festuca rubra).^[5]

Fauna

Mammals

Fallow deer (Dama dama), red deer (Cervus elaphus), roe deer (Capreolus capreolus), red fox (Vulpes vulpes), wild boar (Sus scrofa), European pine marten (Marten marten), European hamster (Cricetus cricetus), wildcat (Felis silvestris);^[6]

European greenfinch (*Carduelis chloris*)

Birds

Avifauna include the lesser spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos minor), tree pipit (Anthus trivalis), Eurasian scops owl (Otus scops), European greenfinch (Carduelis chloris), southern fiscal (Lanius collaris), Eurasian hobby (Falca subbuteo), blue tit (Parus caeruleus), common raven (Corvus corax), yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella) and middle spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos medius).^[7]