Leon Wyczolkowski Old-Polish Yews Nature Park in Wierzchlas is the oldest nature reserve in Poland and the second oldest in Europe.  more »

Mirachowo Forest is famous for its peat bogs covered by pubescent birches (Vaccinio uliginosi-Betuletum pubescentis).  

The Old-Yews Nature Park in Wierzchlas was named in the honor of Leon Wyczolkowski (1852-1936), the eminent Polish painter, who created more than 100 pieces of work there.  more »

The biggest yew in nature park in Wierzchlas is 600-700 years old. It is 232 cm in circumference (74 cm in diameter), and is 15 m tall.  more »

Chequers (Sorbus torminalis), also called Wild Services Tree is the rarest tree of Drawa National Park.  more »

Chequers (Wild Services Tree), the tree growing in Drawa National Park, is alongside with Arolla pine (Swiss stone pine), yew, Ojcow Birch (Betula xoycoviensis) and Swedish Whitebeam (Sorbus intermedia), is one of five tree species, which are strictly protected in Poland.  more »

The greatest natural wealth of the Drawa National Park are ecosystems connected with water (rivers, lakes, swamps). They cover about 15% of the area.  more »

Drawa National Park boasts of forest associations, which remained untouched by the 19th and 20th century forestry.  more »