Labūnava Forest
The Labūnava Forest (Lithuanian: Labūnavos miškai) is a forest in Kėdainiai District Municipality, central Lithuania, located 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) south east from Labūnava. It covers an area of 1,420 hectares (3,500 acres). It consists of smaller forests: the Labūnava Forest (proper), the Kruopiai Forest, the Servydgalis Forest. Most of the forest belongs to the Barupė basin.
| Labūnava Forest Lithuanian: Labūnavos miškai | |
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Labūnava Forest in Sičioniai village surroundings | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Kėdainiai District Municipality, Lithuania |
| Coordinates | 55.150°N 23.933°E |
| Area | 14.2 km2 (5.5 sq mi) |
| Ecology | |
| Forest cover | birch, spruce, aspen, ash |
| Fauna | wild boar, roe deer, red fox, moose, hare |
As of the 1980s, 31 % of the area was covered by birch, 30 % by spruce, 13 % by aspen, 15 % by ash, 11 % by oak, black alder and white alder tree groups. The fauna of the forest consists of wild boar, roe deer, red deer, moose, red fox, hare, also there are black storks, cranes, black kites, perns, white-backed woodpeckers, middle spotted woodpeckers, lesser spotted eagles. The forest is a part of the Labūnava Biosphere Polygon.