Stara Reka Reserve

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Stara Reka is a reserve with Ordinance No.200 from 19.03.1981 by the Committee for Natural Environmental Protection at the Council of Ministers, published in № 34/1981 of the State Gazette in order to preserve the complex of broad-leaved, coniferous and mixed forests unique to Stara Planina Mountain.
Area: 1974.7 hectares.
Stara Reka Reserve preserves the natural scenery of some of the most picturesque Bulgarian rivers, comprising in full the watershed of the Stara Reka River and its tributaries in the municipal lands of Karlovo. This reserve is among the richest in rare plant species in Bulgaria, with over 45 listed in the Bulgarian Red Data Book. Another 20 species are endemic to Bulgaria, including Kerner’s thistle, Troyan campanula and Bulgarian betony. The forest contains thermophilic flowering ash and hornbeam coexisting with beech, fir, spruce, sycamore and Norway maple.
Over 100 species of vertebrate fauna have found sanctuary in this area. The reserve is home to bears, wolves, weasels and wild cats, several predatory birds: the golden eagle, large and small hawks, honey buzzards, and barn owls, amphibians and reptiles - European tree frog, fire salamander, blind worm.

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