Pribeta grove (Pribeta-Chapel) - A locality with a highly diversified mixture of Slovak original oaks

Abstract

We studied the unique oak grove in the locality Pribeta Grove (Pribeta-Calvary, or Pribeta-Chapel), consisting of a number of Middle European oak species. The trees have a high variability, with the basic section Dascia Ky. and considerable impact of the section Roburoides Schwz. The oldest exemplars are 500 years in age. Similar mixtures of oak trees in Slovakia are very rare, therefore the importance of the locality is indisputable and the call for protection is well reasoned.