The Tematín Hills – A Xerothermic Island in the Povážský Inovec

Májsky J.

str. 46-48
The Tematín Hills are located in the central part of the Povážský Inovec Mts., the projection of the Western Carpathians into Slovakia, where you can find more thermophilous and xerophilous Pannonian and sub-Mediterranean elements than Carpathian ones. A lot of valuable wild plant species occur there, e.g. the Tematín Hills Greater Knapweed (Centaurea scabiosa subsp. tematensis). Among wild animals, large cicada species or the Slovak Common Blue (Polyommatus slovacus) can be mentioned.