Characterisation of flora

Košice and its surroundings have a high potential from the point of view of gene pool diversity, because it is located on the boundary line of the West Carpathian and warm Pannonia region. We can find lowland, submontane and mountain species close to each other.

In addition to the fragmentation of natural areas and decrease of biodiversity, another relevant problem is the effacement of the wetlands, riverine stands, regulation of water streams. Drying up of the town verdure areas is caused by canalisation of the precipitation, and this way comes about almost 100% outflow from the built-up areas in the town.

Another problem is strong, up to extremely strong potential erosion on the deforested areas, especially in the north and north-west part of the town.

The gene pool of important locations and ecologically important segments represent the contemporary state of the distribution of nature ecosystems and ecosystems of the town greenery of housing quarters. The above mentioned areal segments of greenery are supporting elements of ecological stability, therefore town biocentres and their line interconnections create a network of biocorridors. These are the part of the regional Territorial System of Environmental Stability of the town Košice and its surroundings. The most important elements of the system are part of the supraregional territorial system of environmental stability of Slovakia and of European ecological network EECONET. Conservation of these natural elements is the aim of activities of the institutions of nature protection in Slovakia.