Protected natural areas
Lugar de Interés Comunitario Sierra de Loja
Lugar de Interés Comunitario Sierra de Loja has 66 km² of forest, mostly holm oak (91.4% of the tree cover), between 568 and 1,565 m above sea level. Most of it (70%) lies in the dry bioclimatic zone. In the latest run, no species here scores above “very weak”.
Elevation
1,060 m
568–1,565 m
Wooded ground
66 km²
Holm oak · 91.4%
Climate
Dry
70% of the area
Semi-arid30%Dry70%
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 2.4 · peak 14.1
- mean 2.4 · peak 13.9
- mean 1.9 · peak 11.5
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- mean 1.5 · peak 8.1
- mean 1.3 · peak 7.2
- mean 1.2 · peak 6.9
- mean 1.1 · peak 6.2
- mean 1 · peak 5.8
- mean 1 · peak 6.2
- mean 1 · peak 6.3
- mean 1 · peak 8.7
- mean 0.9 · peak 5.3
- mean 0.8 · peak 4.9
- mean 0.8 · peak 4.4
- mean 0.6 · peak 4.5
- mean 0.6 · peak 5.2
- mean 0.3 · peak 2.1
- mean 0.3 · peak 0.3
- mean 0.2 · peak 1.4
- mean 0.2 · peak 1.5
- mean 0.1 · peak 1.3
- mean 0.1 · peak 0.5
- mean 0.1 · peak 0.1
- mean 0.1 · peak 0.1
- mean 0.1 · peak 0.1
- mean 0.1 · peak 0.1
- mean 0.1 · peak 0.1
- mean 0 · peak 0.1
- mean 0 · peak 0.1
- mean 0 · peak 0
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Forest
66 km² of forest
- Holm oakQuercus ilex91.4% · 36% canopy
- Aleppo pinePinus halepensis3% · 46% canopy
- Cherries and plumsPrunus spp.2.4% · 31% canopy
- Portuguese oakQuercus faginea1.7% · 32% canopy
- Common hawthornCrataegus monogyna1.3% · 25% canopy
- Narrow-leaved ashFraxinus angustifolia0.2% · 75% canopy
- Hybrid poplarPopulus x canadensis0% · 90% canopy
- WillowsSalix spp.0% · 60% canopy
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