The highest value of the area is a big complex of alluvial and alder swamp woods between Wodnica and Wrzosy spots. The area is partly protected within the "Uroczysko Wrzosy" reserve with many stands of rare species of birds (crane, black stork, middle spotted woodpecker) and plants like the biggest population of royal fern in Lower Silesia.

Habitats from Appendix I of Habitat Directive:

• Galio-Carpinetum oak-hornbeam forests,
• Alluvial forests with Alnus glutinosa and Fraxinus excelsior (Alno-Padion, Alnion incanae, Salicion albae),
• Riparian mixed forest of Quercus robur, Ulmus laevis and Ulmus minor, Fraxinus excelsior or Fraxinus angustifolia along the great rivers (Ulmenion minoris),
• Water courses of plain to montane levels with the Ranunculion fluitantis and Callitricho-Batrachion vegetation,
• Lowland hay meadows (Alopecurus pratensis, Sanguisorba officinalis),
• Inland dunes with open Corynephorus and Agrostis grasslands,
• Molinia meadows on calcareous, peaty or clavey-silt-laden soils (Molinion caeruleae).

Types of protection:

• "Uroczysko Wrzosy" nature reserve,
• Jezierzyca valley Landscape Park,
• Juszka valley - a site of ecological interest.