Podkovák is a
nature reserve within the
Český les Protected Landscape Area
Český les Protected Landscape Area (abbreviated as Český les PLA; cs, Chráněná krajinná oblast Český les, abbreviated as ''CHKO Český les'') is a protected landscape area in the Czech Republic. It lies in the western part of the Pl ...
in the western part of the
Plzeň Region of the
Czech Republic. It protects a small raised bog forest in a small depression with ''
Pinus uncinata
''Pinus mugo'', known as bog pine, creeping pine, dwarf mountain pine, mugo pine, mountain pine, scrub mountain pine, or Swiss mountain pine, is a species of conifer, native to high elevation habitats from southwestern to Central Europe and Sou ...
'' ssp. ''rotundata''.
Wood grouse
The western capercaillie (''Tetrao urogallus''), also known as the Eurasian capercaillie, wood grouse, heather cock, cock-of-the-woods, or simply capercaillie , is a heavy member of the grouse family and the largest of all extant grouse species. ...
s appear in the reserve. The area is .
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Nature reserves in the Czech Republic
Protected areas in Tachov District
1974 establishments in Czechoslovakia
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