10 plants worth knowing
Czechia
Czechia is a land of uplands and low mountains: the Bohemian Basin is ringed by the Bohemian Forest (Šumava), the Ore Mountains and the Giant Mountains (Krkonoše), while to the east lies Moravia, with warm lowlands along the Morava and Dyje rivers. Forests cover about a third of the country, dominated by planted spruce stands that in recent years have been dying off on a massive scale after droughts. The climate is temperate and transitional, and in southern Moravia warm enough for steppe grasslands and vineyards.
Hover over a plant to see on the map where it grows.
where it grows
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Small-leaved lime
Tilia cordata
The lime is the Czech national tree – after 1918 “liberty limes” were planted in hundreds of villages to commemorate independence.
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Hop
Humulus lupulus
Without Žatec hops there would be no pilsner – for centuries Czech hop cones have given beer its delicate bitterness and aroma.
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Opium poppy
Papaver somniferum
Czechia is one of the world’s largest producers of culinary poppy seed – “modrý mák” is the heart of Czech buchty and koláče.
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Norway spruce
Picea abies
For years spruce made up about half of Czech forests – today bark beetles and drought are transforming that landscape before our eyes.
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Mountain pine
Pinus mugo
On the ridges of the Giant Mountains the creeping “kleč” forms Czechia’s only zone resembling Arctic tundra.
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Barley
Hordeum vulgare
Moravian malting barley is, with hops, the foundation of Czech beer – and Czechs drink more beer per head than anyone else in the world.
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Grapevine
Vitis vinifera
Almost all Czech vineyards lie in southern Moravia – around Mikulov, Znojmo and Velké Pavlovice – where young burčák is drunk in autumn.
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Plum
Prunus domestica
In Wallachia damson-type plums are distilled into famous slivovice, while plum dumplings and plum butter are Czech classics.
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Caraway
Carum carvi
No Czech roast pork, bread or caraway soup is complete without caraway – the most characteristic spice of Czech cooking.
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Scots pine
Pinus sylvestris
Pine is the most important tree in Czech forests after spruce – it covers the sandstones of Bohemian Switzerland and the pinewoods around Třeboň.
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