Labūnava Forest

{{Short description|Forest in Lithuania}}

{{Infobox forest

| name = Labūnava Forest

| native_name = Labūnavos miškai

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| photo = Labūnavos_miškas_už_Sičionių.JPG

| photo_caption = Labūnava Forest in Sičioniai village surroundings

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| coordinates = {{coord|55.150|23.933|display=it|region:LT_type:forest}}

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| region = Kėdainiai District Municipality

| country = Lithuania

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| area = {{convert|14.2|km2|abbr=on}}

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| forest_cover = birch, spruce, aspen, ash

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| fauna = wild boar, roe deer, red fox, moose, hare

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The Labūnava Forest ({{langx|lt|Labūnavos miškai}}) is a forest in Kėdainiai District Municipality, central Lithuania, located {{convert|4|km}} south east from Labūnava. It covers an area of {{convert|1420|ha}}. It consists of smaller forests: the Labūnava Forest (proper), the Kruopiai Forest, the Servydgalis Forest. Most of the forest belongs to the Barupė basin.

As of the 1980s, 31 % of the area was covered by birch, 30 % by spruce, 13 % by aspen, 15 % by ash, 11 % by oak, black alder and white alder tree groups. The fauna of the forest consists of wild boar, roe deer, red deer, moose, red fox, hare, also there are black storks, cranes, black kites, perns, white-backed woodpeckers, middle spotted woodpeckers, lesser spotted eagles. The forest is a part of the Labūnava Biosphere Polygon.

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{{cite encyclopedia

| last = Brukas

| first = Algirdas

| author-link =

| encyclopedia = Tarybų Lietuvos enciklopedija

| title = Labūnavos miškai

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| url =

| access-date =

| language = Lithuanian

| edition =

| date = 1986

| publisher = Vyriausioji enciklopedijų redakcija

| volume = 2

| location = Vilnius

| pages = 463

}}

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Category:Forests of Lithuania

Category:Kėdainiai District Municipality

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