Olanesti Nature Reserve
The reservation is represented by a forested segment on an area of 108 ha, surrounded in three parts by a meander of the Dniester at the western border of Olanesti village. Representative plant formations of white poplar, Euro-American poplar, ash, pedunculate oak, elm and willow are protected here, harmoniously combined with meadows of obsiga and pear. The reserve preserves the biodiversity specific to the meadow forests, which improves the microclimate and the hydrological regime, maintains the high flow of the rivers, favors the increase of the groundwater reserves, protects the pollution waters and the banks of the river. Thus, here the forest vegetation was preserved in an almost natural state without major human interventions. The main types of ecosystems available for visiting are: River - an ecosystem of the Dniester segment, permanent and periodic lakes and meadow basins (shallow freshwater) with aquatic vegetation that grows in water and on its surface, canal, permanent / temporarily filled with water, freshwater drainage systems, lakes and water-filled objects connected to them, saltwater canals. Meadow forests: Pure white poplars tree groups - 61.6%; Pure willows tree groups - 30.1% with average age - 47 years, willow forests, communities of Salix shrub species (S. triandra and S. purpurea) on the banks of water basins and in places of long storage of ponds, alluvial forests with ash dominance, monodominant artificial plantations of Populus alba, P. nigra, Salix alba, Fraxinus excelsior. The grassy vegetation is represented by the swampy, reclaimed and wet meadow communities and by the grassy swamps: High grass meadows, Meadow pastures, Wet meadows and swamps, Reed thickets
It is recommended to visit the reservation in the spring-autumn period during the active vegetation. It can be reached here on the R30, L516 or L530 roads, it is accessible with the authorization of OS Olăneşti without entrance fees all year round.
