On collage our professors often talk about Đurđevački sands and they are constantly surprised how little of us were there. Therefore on Saturday morning we decided to go on one day trip to see it with are own eyes.
On our way we stopped for a little break on one fishpond. There were dozens of fisherman enjoying under the blue sky.
During driving we enjoyed very much because our path to our destination was really relaxing and landscape was combination of fields and forest. We saw beautiful yellow fields with rapeseed.
When we arrived in Đurđevački sands we immediately went in exploring every corner of desert. This are actually desert remains because large area today are afforested. One hundred years ago people who lived near the Đurđevački sands had difficult life and sands only made it worse. Desert dunes have brought sand on fields, streets and into the homes of local people. To solve that problem residents of this area agreed to start planting seedlings of European red pine ( Pinus sylvestris L. ), Austrian pine or black pine ( Pinus nigra Arnold ) and also they planted different kind of bushes to prevent further expanding of desert.
Couple photos from museum of desert before reforestation.
After one hundred years, the results are astonishing. The plants which were planted in past are now beautiful high forests of European red pine and Austrian pine. This is example of very successful reforestation of very extreme habitat. We entered in the reforested part with European red pine. It was difficult to walk trough forest because there were lots of branches and bushes.
European red pine ( Pinus sylvestris L. )
Bark of European red pine is recognized by its longitudinal cracks which are red inside.
On this photo you can see male orange/red flowers and little female cones.
Foliage of pine are needles and this one has two needles growing from one whorl.
Cones fallen from pine tree.
Scotch broom ( Cytisus scoparius L. )
This is woody bush that can grow up to 2 meters high.
Branches are like broom and leafs are small, composed of three leaflets.
Flowers are golden yellow and they bloom in May and June.
This species was used for reforestation in history. Today it spreads very aggressively so it needs to be mechanically removed to prevent further overgrowing of persisting sand dunes.
Filed pansy ( Alyssum montanum L. spp. gmelinii (Jord.) Em. Schmid )
This is perennial plant up to 20 centimeters high.
Inflorescence is made by small yellow flowers.
It grows very often on sands, on arable land.
Hawkweed ( Hieracium echioides Lamn. )
Hawkweed is perennial plant which can grow up to 80 cm high. This plant also have yellow flowers.
Bird cherry ( Prunus padus )
Deciduous tree that can grow 10 to 20 meters high.
Flowers are in white clusters and they bloom in April. We couldn't believe how sweet aroma of flowers can be.
Some more plants and moss that we couldn't determinate!
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In the middle of the desert
Đurđevački sands were protected in 1963. as special geographical-botanical reservation to protect the desert remains and specific animals and plants in it. In past people fought the desert for their survival in these lands, but today the desert is the one which needs to be protected.
There were a lot of lizards running among the bushes. We managed to take photo of one peeking from the hole.
In the end we went in city Đurđevac straight to restaurant. Restaurant is called Old city Đurđevac and it is located in old fortress.
After the meal we went to museum and tiny zoo, but we will write that down in our next post.
All photos were taken by us.
Enjoy your day! 😄
Really interesting peice on deforestation!!
Thank you, we had much informations because it was procces of 100 years.
Interesting, we have a small red desert which is protected as well due to unusual circumstances. Nice to see reforestation taking place and looking so healthy as well.
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Small red desert looks very interesting in link that you put. Color of sand is so strong. Yeah i agree, it really is wonderful to see progress of 100 years after reforestation. Thank you for reading our post. 🌱🙂
We have to give back to put some places back into balance, sadly too much is being stripped and never replaced, an interesting presentation with fauna and flora.
Yes we need to put our whole planet in the balance again. Thank you very much, we are really glad that you liked our presentation. 😊
I totally agree, it is good to see the plants coming back into an area that obviously was not always a desert.
This was a lovely write-up and photo-journal about an interesting area! I like reading about other areas of the world and seeing photos! "Bravo!" for a good post! 😃
Thank you, it means so much to us when we read that you liked our photos. One day we would like to work as traveler and see whole world with our eyes and experience new cultures and share it with everyone. 😁
That’s so cool to have nearby. The fact it has vegetation and animals is great. It was a day of exploring that’s great. I didn’t know the restaurants were already open in your country with the Covid rules here all is still closed
Great share on to blog 2 about the zoo
Yep, we were amazed too how many plants and animals are in so tiny area. For know they alleviate measures about covid, we hope that in your country will be opening soon, so we can all get back to our normal lifes. 😊
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