📜 A unique and significant salt marsh habitat in Moravia, protected since 1961.
🔍 Home to a variety of rare and endangered salt-loving plant and animal species across its 17-hectare area.
🌿 Discover one of the last significant salt marsh locations in the Czech Republic.
🔬 Observe unique halophytic plants like the Pannonian sea aster, yellow-flowered viper's grass, and sea plantain.
🦋 Spot rare fauna including the salt marsh grasshopper, salt marsh spider, and unique butterflies such as Coleophora halophilella.
🚶♀️ Explore remnants of mesic and wet salt marsh grasslands.
📸 Great for nature photography and botanical enthusiasts.
⚠️ May not be suitable for those expecting extensive hiking trails.
🚫 Limited facilities on site.
🚫 Sensitive ecosystem, please stay on marked paths to protect rare species.
This unique environment, located at 175m above sea level, was formed by a dry climate, high evaporation, and a high concentration of salts (primarily sodium sulfate) leached from Tertiary clays and ancient sulfur springs.
Managed by AOPK ČR - RP Jižní Morava (part of Správa CHKO Pálava), dedicated to protecting this unique natural area through active conservation efforts.
Conservation includes grazing by large herbivores to suppress common species and compact the soil, which facilitates salt evaporation and creates bare ground essential for halophyte germination. Removal of invasive woody plants also helps maintain the salt marsh ecosystem.