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.

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as of 15 October 2026

The bar is the area's mean index; the tick is the highest it reaches in any corner of it.

  • Summer cepBoletus reticulatusVery weak
    mean 4.7 · peak 17.1
  • Panther capAmanita pantherinaToxicVery weak
    mean 4.6 · peak 16.9
  • Death capAmanita phalloidesDeadlyVery weak
    mean 4.5 · peak 16.6
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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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