Foloi oak forest

It is located in the municipal unit Foloi, Olympia, Elis, in the western part of the Peloponnese peninsula.

It is an ecosystem unique in the Balkan peninsula and consists of a territory of 9,900 acres (40 km2), which is almost entirely covered by deciduous oaks that form a dense forest area.

The acorns provide an abundant source of food for animals such as hares, squirrels, hedgehogs, which are found in significant populations.

The ecosystem of the forest is a food chain which also contains badgers, pine martens, foxes, eagles, turtles, weasels, owls, skylarks, jackals, magpies, vipers, rat snakes and others.

[1] The Folóï oak forest has been designated the status of a protected area enlisted in the Natura 2000 ecological network of the E.U.