Vegetation
of calamine soils

and its importance
for biodiversity and landscape
conservation
in post-mining areas

Gallery

We present here photos of nature and landscape taken in the Olkusz Ore-bearing Region as well as pictures documenting our project work

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    Phot. 1 A part of a planned ecological site (the Armeria ecological site) located near the Bolesław Mine and Metallurgical Plant (ZGH "Bolesław") on soil contaminated with Zn and Pb © Paweł Kapusta
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    Phot. 2 A part of a planned ecological site (the Armeria ecological site) located near the Bolesław Mine and Metallurgical Plant (ZGH "Bolesław") on soil contaminated with Zn and Pb © Grażyna Szarek-Łukaszewska
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    Phot. 3 A part of a planned ecological site (the Armeria ecological site) located near the Bolesław Mine and Metallurgical Plant (ZGH "Bolesław") on soil contaminated with Zn and Pb © Grażyna Szarek-Łukaszewska
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    Phot. 4 A part of a planned ecological site (the Armeria ecological site) located near the Bolesław Mine and Metallurgical Plant (ZGH "Bolesław") on soil contaminated with Zn and Pb © Grażyna Szarek-Łukaszewska
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    Phot. 5 Mosaic of plants (within the planned Armeria ecological site) © Grażyna Szarek-Łukaszewska
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    Phot. 6 Mosaic of plants (within the planned Armeria ecological site) © Grażyna Szarek-Łukaszewska
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    Phot. 7 Overblown Anthyllis vulneraria © Grażyna Szarek-Łukaszewska
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    Phot. 8 Armeria maritima © Paweł Kapusta
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    Phot. 9 Maculinea butterflies on flowers of Dianthus carthusianorum, within the area of the Pleszczotka ecological site © Paweł Kapusta
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    Phot. 10 Silene vulgaris © Grażyna Szarek-Łukaszewska
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    Phot. 11 A yellow patch of Biscutella laevigata © Grażyna Szarek-Łukaszewska
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    Phot. 12 Thymus pulegioides © Paweł Kapusta
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    Phot. 13 Pines planted on sandy soil contaminated by Zn- and Pb-bearing tailings; between trees - patches of Thymus pulegioides © Paweł Kapusta
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    Phot. 14 One of the methods of land rehabilitation (afforestation) in the vicinity of the Bolesław Mine and Metallurgical Plant © Grażyna Szarek-Łukaszewska
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    Phot. 15 Verbascum sp. in a young pine forest © Paweł Kapusta
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    Phot. 16 Verbascum sp. in a young pine forest © Paweł Kapusta
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    Phot. 17 Anthericum ramosum © Grażyna Szarek-Łukaszewska
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    Phot. 18 Anthericum ramosum within the area of the planned Armeria ecological site; in the background - a part of the metallurgical plant area © Grażyna Szarek-Łukaszewska
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    Phot. 19 Anthericum ramosum on post-mining rocky soil © Grażyna Szarek-Łukaszewska
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    Phot. 20 Patches of Anthericum ramosum (the area of the planned Armeria ecological site) © Grażyna Szarek-Łukaszewska
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    Phot. 21 Gypsophilla fastigiata (the area of the planned Armeria ecological site) © Grażyna Szarek-Łukaszewska
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    Phot. 22 A part of the planned Armeria ecological site in the immediate proximity of the Bolesław Mine and Metallurgical Plant. Festuca ovina and Cardaminopsis arenosa are almost only plant species growing here - on soil strongly contaminated with heavy metals © Paweł Kapusta
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    Phot. 23 Cardaminopsis arenosa © Paweł Kapusta
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    Phot. 24 Cardaminopsis arenosa on Zn- and Pb-bearing tailings © Paweł Kapusta
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    Phot. 25 One of the methods of neutralization of post-mining waste - their disposal in old open casts © Paweł Kapusta
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    Phot. 26 A view (from the Pleszczotka ecological site) of an open cast filling up with post-minig waste © Grażyna Szarek-Łukaszewska
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    Phot. 27 A view of the Pleszczotka ecological site © Grażyna Szarek-Łukaszewska
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    Phot. 28 The Pleszczotka ecological site; vegetation developed here on the post-mining rocky substratum © Grażyna Szarek-Łukaszewska
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    Phot. 29 Sedum acre © Grażyna Szarek-Łukaszewska
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    Phot. 30 A pine forest in the proximity of the Pomorzany Mine; holes in the ground surface are the result of mining activity © Grażyna Szarek-Łukaszewska
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    Phot. 31 Very poor meadow vegetation domitated by a grass Festuca ovina, developed on soil strongly contaminated by Pb © Grażyna Szarek-Łukaszewska
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    Phot. 32 Very poor meadow vegetation domitated by a grass Festuca ovina, developed on soil strongly contaminated by Pb © Grażyna Szarek-Łukaszewska

Landscape / nature

Nature of the Olkusz Ore-bearing Region

Pictures were taken in the vicinity of Bolesław town (western part of the Małopolska district, S Poland).

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