The land of the reserve is covered by a forest of oak and hornbeam trees, among which grow a number of uncommon plant species, including[1] Some uncommon birds can also be found here, including The largest of the seven craters on the reserve has a diameter of about 100 metres, and is about 11 metres deep.
[2][3] The first meteorite found at Morasko was uncovered in 1914 by German soldiers working on the construction of a military fortification.
In September 2006, Krzysztof Socha, a meteorite-hunter from Kielce, working for the Geology department of the city's Adam Mickiewicz University, uncovered with the aid of a metal detector a meteorite weighing 164 kg.
[4] Analysis showed that the meteorite contained, apart from iron-nickel alloy, a small quantity of silicates (pyroxenes) not occurring on Earth.
In October 2012, a meteorite weighing about 300 kg was recovered from a depth of 2.1 m.[5] Adam Mickiewicz University is considering founding an educational centre, to draw attention to the reserve and the subject of meteorite discovery.