The Šumava plains are a high plateau stretching from the crests of the Pancif and Müstek mountains to Borová Lada and the vanished village of Dolní Světlé Hory. In the central part, the width of this high plateau from Rachel and Lusen to Hutská hora near Rejštejnske Zhuri intervenes.
The colorful mosaic of extensive moors and headwaters, mountain forests and the preserved secondary open land is a completely unique phenomenon in Central Europe with extraordinary scientific and cultural value. From the point of view of vascular plants, most of the most valuable Šumava species are found in this area.
On the Šumava plains, the Hungarian gentian (Genbone person) is an unmissable plant species. One beautiful species is one of the symbols of the Šumava plants and the common history of the Šumava and the Eastern Alps, where the main part of its distribution lies Bohemian Forest especially in cirques of glacial lakes and in primary open land at the highest elevations. The Hungarian gentian grew on the Šumava plains, especially on cattle from streams and bogs. The arrival of people and the deforestation of the countryside offered the gentian new suitable locations, for example soaps after panning for gold. It is also used in folk medicine and used to make alcohol
The Šumava plains have their uniqueness that does not grow anywhere else in the world. The most important of these is the orchid, fen herb (Dactylorhias trounsteiner subsp. f), which occurs in only about ten localiuits in the centralite between Modrava and Kilda. The area is actually significant due to a large concentration of mountainous or Nordic species that are very settled elsewhere in Šumava. For example, it is about the black cranberry (Empetrum nigrum), which grows on the high moors of the central Soehnerwald