Habitats from Appendix I Habitat Directive:

• Euro-Siberian steppic woods with Quercus spp.
• Galio-Carpinetum oak-hornbeam forests.

There are 80 to 120-year-old oaks and pines dominate in tree stands of Dabrowa Grotnicka. There are also some rare species of vegetation in undergrowth, and 5 of them are protected, among others: Lilyleaf Ladybells (Adenophora liliifolia). Its population counts about 10-25 individuals here. It is the biggest Euro-Siberian steppic woods in lodzkie voivodeship.

Existing forms of nature protection:

• Dabrowa Grotnicka nature reserve,
• Sokolnicki area of protected landscape.