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There are about 300 species of lichens in Tuchola Forest, most of them are characteristic for ecosystems of tundra and steppe.

At least several of them are relics – species, which has been present in this region for at least 10 thousand years, when the areas of today’s woods used to be tundra.

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There are about 300 species of lichens in Tuchola Forest, most of them are characteristic for ecosystems of tundra and steppe.