The real rainforest is located in the Plitvice Lakes National Park, and covers an area of 84 hectares. If you want to say how you were in the rainforest then you must not miss to find this rainforest with an interesting name.
Jungle Chorkova uvala it is located in the northwestern part of the Plitvice Lakes National Park, at an altitude of 860 to 1028 meters, in the zone of beech-fir forests.
It represents a secondary rainforest - development without or with little human influence. As life processes run smoothly, all developmental stages of all components of the rainforest ecosystem are present. Trees of different heights, thicknesses and ages leave a dominant impression.
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In this Lika rainforest you will find ordinary fir trees over 500 years old, 58 m high and 150 cm wide in diameter. In this rainforest you can also see ordinary beeches and spruces in large dimensions that you do not find often.
What's going on in the rainforest?
In the rainforest there are constant changes that take place over centuries of developmental cycles where there is a change in the ratio of tree species, vertical stratification, density and number of dryers, the amount of dead wood, the number and size of openings in canopies, windbreaks and pest infestations. Such phenomena do not affect the entire rainforest at once, but occur in certain parts of the forest, and the result is a mosaic appearance, according to the National Park, which has 69 special stories that most visitors have not heard of.
If you didn't know yet why rainforests are important, here are a few facts about rainforests:
- They are important for the preservation of natural heritage.
- They have a high degree of biodiversity, the potential for genetic diversity.
- They are important for gaining insight into the natural structure of forests.
- They are reference points for assessing the effectiveness of forest management.
By the way, Lijepa naša has only a few rainforests, an estimated ten at most. Rainforests are special forests, and unlike most of our forests, rainforests have never been cut down. That is, rainforests are complete natural forests. In the rainforests, old trees fall to the ground when they die, where they decay a bit due to natural processes. They produce humus, which is extremely important for other plants and animals. Numerous insects and birds, most often woodpeckers, live in dead trees. Rainforests are rich forests that abound in life.
Source and photo: Plitvice Lakes National Park
