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Two endemic plants, characteristic for a particular area, grow in Polish Pieniny Mountains - mniszek pieninski (Teraxacum pieninicum) and pszonak pieninski (Erysimum pieninicum).

Teraxacum pieninicum grows in a region restricted to less then 100 m2, in the cracks of limestone walls of Three Crowns massif.

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177 bird species have been observed in vicinity of the Nida river. 143 from among them are hatching there (which is a 1/3 of all Polish bird species). 20 of those species are listed in the “Polish Red Book of Animals”.