Badín and additional 23.75 hectares are protected as a buffer zone. Dominant tree species are fir ("Abies alba"), beech ("Fagus sylvatica"), maple ("Acer pseudoplatanus"), ash ("Fraxinus excelsior"), and elm ("Ulmus glabra"). On average, fir threes achieve an age of 350–400 years and beech trees 210–230 years in Badínsky prales. The biggest living fir tree is 46 m tall with a stem diameter of 148 cm. Several dead trees that have already fallen down are even bigger. The local fauna, still partially unexplored, includes red deer, roe deer, boar, brown bear, lynx, wild cat, fox, and marten. In historical records, the village
Microseris sylvatica containing up to 70 yellow ray florets. The fruit is an achene with a pale body up to a centimeter long. At the tip of the body is a large pappus made up of several long, barbed, bristly scales each up to a centimeter in length themselves. Microseris sylvatica Microseris sylvatica is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common names sylvan scorzonella and woodland silverpuffs. It is endemic to California, where it has a scattered distribution throughout the central California Coast Ranges and inland mountain ranges, including the Sierra Nevada of the state. Its