Recent days and forecast
Next days
The 7-day forecast, hourly plan and an alert for this place are in pre-sale.
See the pre-saleWhere to look
Look for bilberries and wood sorrel in older spruce stands and on forest edges around Kašperské Hory. Meadowsweet and yarrow grow in wet valley meadows, but stay off the peat bogs. Nettle, elder and dog rose keep to scrub by former settlements.
What grows here
bilberry, wood sorrel, stinging nettle, elder (elderflower, elderberry), yarrow, dandelion, common sorrel, wild strawberry, meadowsweet, dog rose (rosehip), common juniper
Habitats: mountain spruce and beech forest, wet meadows and peat bogs, pastures around former settlements
Rules
The Czech Forest Act (Act 289/1995, § 19) allows picking forest fruits for your own use, without damaging the forest. In Šumava National Park, zones, quiet areas (klidová území) and the park's visitor rules limit picking, and nature reserves have bans. Protected species (Decree 395/1992), such as arnica, are excluded.
About the place
Šumava (the Bohemian Forest) is a mountain range on the Czech, German and Austrian border. The area around Kašperské Hory lies in the Šumava Protected Landscape Area (CHKO), outside the national park. Spruce forest with bilberry and wood sorrel dominates, along with wet meadows with meadowsweet.
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