Description:

Gorjanci are the best known and visited mountain chain in Dolenjska that rise above Krsko valley to their peak Trdinov vrh (1178 m). Slovene Gorjanci are a part of ecologically integrated area that spreads far over Croatian border.

Gorjanci are an important reservoir of drinking water for a whole Novo mesto valley as there are numerous springs on their steep hillsides. Most famous of those are the mythological Gospodicna and Minutnik, other clear streams like Kobila, Pendirjevka and Klamfer had carved deep and picturesque vales into northern hillsides.

Natural characteristics are determined by vast beech forests with preserved remnants of primeval forest on Ravna gora and Trdinov vrh. They are variegated by floristically significant meadows and various forest habitats, which evolved under the influence of diversified ecological conditions mostly in Kobila valley. The range is set to be protected as a regional park.

On the picture is Gorjanci spring - a lake, which was in 1950 so big that it was possible to drive with a boat and was used to water the animals. Today on this place is just a puddle of water and a fence.

Medicinal herbs are marked with a star *:

English	Slovene	Latin
* Coltsfoot	Lapuh, navadni	Tussilago farfara
* Common sage	Zajbelj	Salvia officinalis
* Ginkgo	Ginko	Ginko biloba
* Italian cypress	Cipresa	Cupressus sempervirens
* Marsh gentian	Mocvirski svisc	Gentiana pneumonanthe
* Midland hawthorn	Navadni glog	Crataegus laevigata
Oxeye daisy	Ivanjscica	Leucanthemum vulgare
Panicled aster	Sulicastolistna nebina	Aster lanceolatus
Peat moss	Sotni mah	Sphagnum
* Scots pine	Rdeci bor	Pinus sylvestris
Sunflower	Soncnice	Helianthus annuus
Winter flowering heather	Spomladanska resa	Erica carnea
* Yellow melilot	Medena detelja	Melilotus officinalis