Provinces
León
León has 5,597 km² of forest, mostly oak (44.2% of the tree cover), between 386 and 2,362 m above sea level. Most of it (39%) lies in the dry bioclimatic zone. In the latest run, scoring best here: Fly agaric, Panther cap and Scarletina bolete.
Elevation
1,019 m
386–2,362 m
Wooded ground
5,597 km²
Oak · 44.2%
Climate
Dry
39% of the area
Dry39%Sub-humid34%Humid27%
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 8.9 · peak 85.5
- mean 8.8 · peak 88.1
- mean 7.6 · peak 87.5
- mean 7.4 · peak 86.1
- mean 6.8 · peak 87.2
- mean 6.8 · peak 73.7
- mean 6.3 · peak 73.6
- mean 6.2 · peak 82
- mean 6 · peak 78.9
- mean 5.2 · peak 64.8
- mean 5.2 · peak 62.5
- mean 5 · peak 72.8
- mean 5 · peak 63.6
Show the other 19
- mean 4.9 · peak 50.4
- mean 4.9 · peak 72.4
- mean 4.7 · peak 78.5
- mean 4 · peak 74
- mean 4 · peak 52.2
- mean 3.7 · peak 56.2
- mean 3.7 · peak 58.6
- mean 3.3 · peak 65.4
- mean 3.2 · peak 56.7
- mean 3.1 · peak 64.9
- mean 2.9 · peak 67.7
- mean 2.3 · peak 58.7
- mean 2.2 · peak 46.4
- mean 1.7 · peak 47.3
- mean 1.4 · peak 33.3
- mean 1.1 · peak 10.7
- mean 1 · peak 15
- mean 0.2 · peak 8.1
- mean 0 · peak 1.9
Areas in León
Each bar is the altitude of the area, on a scale from 176 to 2,401 m.
Natural and national parks
- Parque Natural de Babia y Luna · Oak1,038–2,071 m
- Picos de Europa National Park · Beech176–2,401 m
Protected natural areas
- Ancares Leoneses Biosphere Reserve · Oak470–1,796 m
- Las Médulas · Holm oak404–1,185 m
- Parque Regional de la Montaña de Riaño y Mampodre · Beech1,046–2,084 m
- Reserva de la Biosfera de Babia · Oak1,174–2,071 m
- Reserva de la biosfera de Los Argüellos · Oak1,067–1,991 m
- Reserva de la biosfera del Alto Bernesga · Oak1,013–1,982 m
- ZEPA Ancares · Oak594–1,736 m
Mountain ranges
- Ancares and Courel · Oak292–1,823 m
- Sanabria and the Montes de León · Oak429–2,043 m
Comarcas
- El Bierzo · Oak386–1,939 m
Forest
5,597 km² of forest
- Pyrenean oakQuercus pyrenaica40.9% · 58% canopy
- Scots pinePinus sylvestris13.1% · 61% canopy
- Holm oakQuercus ilex9.9% · 51% canopy
- Black pinePinus nigra6.1% · 52% canopy
- BeechFagus sylvatica5.2% · 76% canopy
- Hybrid poplarPopulus x canadensis5% · 61% canopy
- Maritime pinePinus pinaster4.6% · 53% canopy
- Sessile oakQuercus petraea3.3% · 64% canopy
Reading about this area
- Weekend 17–18 October: good-condition area up for all five leading species
State of the forest
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