The Reserve "Las Murckowski" (“Murckowski Forest”) lies in Murcki, a district in the south of Katowice. The reserve consists of two parts separated by the motorway, which links Katowice and Bielsko-Biała. The reserve protects a forest community similar to the natural woodland, which once formed the Silesian Forest. It is the main habitat of lowland beechwood with monumental specimens of beech trees and oaks, which are up to 150 year old.