The Białowieża Forest region

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🌳 The Great Oak along the Wolf Trail

🔹 The Great Oak along the Wolf Trail in the Białowieża National Park is one of the most distinctive trees on the green route leading from the Oblique Bridge to the Masiewska Glade.
🔹 It attracts visitors with its impressive size, age, and picturesque location.

📍 Location

🔹 Situated along the so-called Wolf Trail, which runs through the former strict reserve “Wolf Trail,” incorporated into the Białowieża National Park in 1996.
🔹 It grows amid peat bogs, alder forests, and swampy pine woods, in a diverse landscape.
🔹 Located near the educational path “Through Three Communities.”

🌳 Tree Characteristics

🔹 Species: English oak (Quercus robur).
🔹 Trunk circumference reaches several meters.
🔹 Estimated age: between 250 and 400 years.
🔹 Its broad crown and massive trunk make it a true “monument of forest history.”

🌱 Importance and Protection

🔹 A silent witness to the history of the Białowieża Forest — it remembers royal hunts and the old forest days.
🔹 A habitat for insects, birds, and fungi associated with ancient trees.
🔹 Frequently featured in guidebooks, educational materials, and publications about the forest.

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