Kopáčsky ostrov is a nature reserve in the

Podunajské Biskupice Podunajské Biskupice () (1927–1944 ''Biskupice pri Dunaji'', before 1927 ''Biskupice'') is a borough of Bratislava. It is the largest borough in the terms of area in Bratislava. History The first written account of Podunajské Biskupice dates ...

district of

Bratislava Bratislava (German: ''Pressburg'', Hungarian: ''Pozsony'') is the Capital city, capital and largest city of the Slovakia, Slovak Republic and the fourth largest of all List of cities and towns on the river Danube, cities on the river Danube. ...

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. The nature reserve covers an area of 82.62 ha on the left shore of the

Danube The Danube ( ; see also #Names and etymology, other names) is the List of rivers of Europe#Longest rivers, second-longest river in Europe, after the Volga in Russia. It flows through Central and Southeastern Europe, from the Black Forest sou ...

. It has a protection level of 5 (the highest) under the Slovak nature protection system. The nature reserve is part of the

Dunajské luhy Protected Landscape Area Dunajské luhy Protected Landscape Area (; verbatim: Danube Floodplains PLA) is one of the youngest of the 14 protected landscape areas in Slovakia. The Landscape Area consists of five separate parts in the Danube Lowland, stretching from Bratis ...

Description

The area was declared as a protected area with the goal to protect a mosaic of steppe, forest-steppe and floodplain forest communities. It is used for scientific research and educational purposes.

Flora

On the drier parts of the nature reserve grow various species of orchids, including

Orchis militaris ''Orchis militaris'', the military orchid, is a species of orchid native to Europe. It is the type species of the genus ''Orchis''. Description This plant grows to a height of 20 to 50 cm with a robust stem with rather drawn up oblong ...

Anacamptis coriophora ''Anacamptis coriophora'', the bug orchid, is a species of orchid, found in Europe, the Mediterranean, and the Near East to Iran. Taxonomy Originally this was identified as ''Orchis coriophora'' subsp. ''fragans'' (Pollini) K.Richt. and even tod ...

and

Anacamptis morio ''Anacamptis morio'', the green-winged orchid or green-veined orchid (synonym ''Orchis morio''), is a flowering plant of the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It usually has purple flowers, and is found in Europe, Northern Africa and western Asia. Des ...

References

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