Labūnava Forest | |
Native Name: | Labūnavos miškai |
Native Lang: | lt |
Map: | Lithuania |
Coordinates: | 55.15°N 23.933°W |
Region: | Kėdainiai District Municipality |
Country: | Lithuania |
Area: | 14.2km2 |
Forest Cover: | birch, spruce, aspen, ash |
Fauna: | wild boar, roe deer, red fox, moose, hare |
The Labūnava Forest (Lithuanian: Labūnavos miškai) is a forest in Kėdainiai District Municipality, central Lithuania, located south east from Labūnava. It covers an area of . It consists of smaller forests: the Labūnava Forest (proper), the Kruopiai Forest, the Servydgalis Forest. Most of the forest belongs to the Barupė basin.
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.