Protected natural areas
Espacio Natural de la Sierra de Candelario
Espacio Natural de la Sierra de Candelario has 58 km² of forest, mostly oak (54.6% of the tree cover), between 841 and 2,308 m above sea level. All of it lies in the humid bioclimatic zone. In the latest run, scoring best here: Chanterelle, Scarletina bolete and Charcoal burner.
Elevation
1,339 m
841–2,308 m
Wooded ground
58 km²
Oak · 54.6%
Climate
Humid
100% of the area
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.
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as of 15 October 2026The bar is the area's mean index; the tick is the highest it reaches in any corner of it.
- mean 10.8 · peak 24.2
- mean 9.3 · peak 25.8
- mean 8.6 · peak 25.4
- mean 7.8 · peak 26
- mean 7.3 · peak 23.9
- mean 7.1 · peak 24.2
- mean 6.7 · peak 24.2
- mean 6.3 · peak 25.5
- mean 5.8 · peak 26.3
- mean 5.2 · peak 25
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- mean 4.7 · peak 22.8
- mean 4.1 · peak 11
- mean 3.3 · peak 10
- mean 3.2 · peak 10
- mean 3.1 · peak 17
- mean 2.7 · peak 14.1
- mean 2.3 · peak 10.1
- mean 1.9 · peak 9.7
- mean 1.9 · peak 10.8
- mean 1.9 · peak 9.4
- mean 1.6 · peak 8.3
- mean 1.5 · peak 8.7
- mean 1.3 · peak 7.2
- mean 1.1 · peak 3.4
- mean 0.9 · peak 5.5
- mean 0.7 · peak 2.4
- mean 0.6 · peak 2.5
- mean 0.4 · peak 2.4
- mean 0.3 · peak 1.3
- mean 0.2 · peak 0.9
- mean 0 · peak 0.6
- mean 0 · peak 0.1
Forest
58 km² of forest
- Pyrenean oakQuercus pyrenaica54.6% · 52% canopy
- Scots pinePinus sylvestris24.2% · 57% canopy
- Sweet chestnutCastanea sativa16.5% · 72% canopy
- Black alderAlnus glutinosa1.1% · 77% canopy
- Narrow-leaved ashFraxinus angustifolia1.1% · 61% canopy
- WillowsSalix spp.0.7% · 61% canopy
- Holm oakQuercus ilex0.6% · 41% canopy
- BirchesBetula spp.0.3% · 29% canopy
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