Autonomous communities
Cataluña
Cataluña has 15,158 km² of forest, mostly pine (57.7% of the tree cover), between -1 and 2,802 m above sea level. Most of it (54%) lies in the dry bioclimatic zone. In the latest run, scoring best here: Chanterelle, Bloody milk cap and Panther cap.
Elevation
485 m
-1–2,802 m
Wooded ground
15,158 km²
Pine · 57.7%
Climate
Dry
54% of the area
Semi-arid7%Dry54%Sub-humid38%Humid1%
Provinces
What comes up here
Ordered by the area's mean index on the last day computed. The mean says whether the drive is worth it; the peak says whether some corner of it is.
The bar is the area's mean index; the tick is the highest it reaches in any corner of it.
- mean 18.7 · peak 100
- mean 17.3 · peak 90
- mean 17 · peak 99.9
- mean 16.2 · peak 100
- mean 16.1 · peak 99.8
- mean 15.3 · peak 94.6
- mean 15.3 · peak 97.3
- mean 15 · peak 99.6
- mean 14.9 · peak 99.6
- mean 14 · peak 99.7
- mean 13.9 · peak 93.5
- mean 13.5 · peak 90.2
- mean 13.4 · peak 99.7
- mean 12.9 · peak 98.9
- mean 12.8 · peak 98.9
- mean 11.9 · peak 95.8
- mean 11.7 · peak 90
- mean 11.7 · peak 98.9
- mean 10.9 · peak 98.9
- mean 10.9 · peak 99.2
- mean 10.4 · peak 97.2
- mean 10.3 · peak 86.4
- mean 10.1 · peak 96.5
- mean 10 · peak 98.8
- mean 9.8 · peak 94.9
- mean 9.3 · peak 98.8
- mean 9.1 · peak 98.8
- mean 6.3 · peak 94.3
Show the other 4
- mean 2.3 · peak 19.8
- mean 1.3 · peak 19
- mean 1.3 · peak 27.3
- mean 0.5 · peak 15.2
Forest
15,158 km² of forest
- Aleppo pinePinus halepensis26% · 62% canopy
- Holm oakQuercus ilex17.3% · 63% canopy
- Scots pinePinus sylvestris15.1% · 74% canopy
- Black pinePinus nigra9.4% · 70% canopy
- Downy oakQuercus humilis (Q. Pubescens)7% · 65% canopy
- Mountain pinePinus uncinata4.7% · 61% canopy
- Cork oakQuercus suber4.5% · 64% canopy
- Stone pinePinus pinea2.5% · 67% canopy
Reading about this area
- Périgord black truffle in Spain: season and picking rules
Seasons
- Do you need a permit for mushrooms in Cataluña
Permits and rules
- Do you need a permit to pick mushrooms in Spain
Permits and rules
- Ripollés: a guide to the mushroom forests of the Pyrenees
Area guides
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