Kaučers Protected Landscape

Kaučers Protected Landscape is located in Rušona Parish, Preiļi Municipality in the Latgale region of Latvia.

The state highway V742 (Preiļi – Gaiļmuiža – Feimaņi) passes through the northern part of the territory.

[1] There are a large number of protected plant species in the area: slender naiad (Najas flexilis), three-ranked spear-moss (Pseudocalliergon trifarium),[2] wideleaf tortula moss (Tortula latifolia),[3] yellow foxglove (Digitalis grandiflora).

[4] Protected fauna species in the area include beetle ( Graphoderus bilineatus), large copper butterfly (Lycaena dispar), Geyer's whorl snail (Vertigo geyeri), Northern crested newt (Triturus cristatus), sand lizard (Lacerta agilis), corncrake (Crex crex), black woodpecker (Dryocopus martius), grey-headed woodpecker (Picus canus).

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