Protected natural areas
Parque Natural de Somiedo
Parque Natural de Somiedo has 127 km² of forest, mostly beech (50.6% of the tree cover), between 538 and 1,902 m above sea level. Most of it (72%) lies in the sub-humid bioclimatic zone. In the latest run, no species here scores above “very weak”.
Elevation
1,293 m
538–1,902 m
Wooded ground
127 km²
Beech · 50.6%
Climate
Sub-humid
72% of the area
Sub-humid72%Humid28%
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.
Very weakWeakModerateGoodExcellent
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 4.7 · peak 17.1
- mean 4.6 · peak 16.9
- mean 4.5 · peak 16.6
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- mean 4.2 · peak 19.7
- mean 4.1 · peak 16.3
- mean 4.1 · peak 16.3
- mean 3.9 · peak 16.9
- mean 3.7 · peak 14.5
- mean 3.6 · peak 12.9
- mean 3.5 · peak 15.8
- mean 3.3 · peak 12.4
- mean 3 · peak 12.9
- mean 3 · peak 13.1
- mean 2.9 · peak 14.2
- mean 2.2 · peak 9.6
- mean 2.1 · peak 9.1
- mean 1.7 · peak 9.8
- mean 1.6 · peak 9.8
- mean 1.5 · peak 6.9
- mean 1.4 · peak 6.2
- mean 0.4 · peak 1.7
- mean 0.2 · peak 1
- mean 0.1 · peak 0.2
- mean 0 · peak 0
Forest
127 km² of forest
- BeechFagus sylvatica50.6% · 77% canopy
- Sessile oakQuercus petraea14.9% · 59% canopy
- Downy birchBetula alba10.6% · 67% canopy
- Holm oakQuercus ilex8.3% · 62% canopy
- HazelCorylus avellana5.3% · 60% canopy
- Pyrenean oakQuercus pyrenaica4.1% · 57% canopy
- Common ashFraxinus excelsior2.4% · 71% canopy
- Sweet chestnutCastanea sativa2% · 84% canopy
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