Protected natural areas
Ancares Leoneses Biosphere Reserve
Ancares Leoneses Biosphere Reserve has 259 km² of forest, mostly oak (45.7% of the tree cover), between 470 and 1,796 m above sea level. Most of it (93%) lies in the humid bioclimatic zone. In the latest run, no species here scores above “very weak”.
Elevation
1,107 m
470–1,796 m
Wooded ground
259 km²
Oak · 45.7%
Climate
Humid
93% of the area
Sub-humid7%Humid93%
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 2.9 · peak 15.7
- mean 2.4 · peak 13
- mean 2.4 · peak 15.3
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- mean 2 · peak 14.8
- mean 2 · peak 15.3
- mean 1.7 · peak 16
- mean 1.7 · peak 13
- mean 1.6 · peak 9.9
- mean 1.6 · peak 14.5
- mean 1.6 · peak 16.1
- mean 1.5 · peak 13.7
- mean 1.4 · peak 9.7
- mean 1.4 · peak 18.5
- mean 1.4 · peak 13.8
- mean 1.4 · peak 13.8
- mean 1.1 · peak 14.1
- mean 1 · peak 11.2
- mean 1 · peak 10.9
- mean 0.9 · peak 6.3
- mean 0.7 · peak 5.5
- mean 0.6 · peak 6.7
- mean 0.5 · peak 3.6
- mean 0.5 · peak 2.3
- mean 0.4 · peak 7.1
- mean 0.4 · peak 4.3
- mean 0.4 · peak 4.6
- mean 0.4 · peak 5.4
- mean 0.3 · peak 2.7
- mean 0.3 · peak 3.6
- mean 0.1 · peak 1.7
- mean 0 · peak 0.4
- mean 0 · peak 0
Forest
259 km² of forest
- Pyrenean oakQuercus pyrenaica29.6% · 66% canopy
- Scots pinePinus sylvestris17% · 56% canopy
- Pedunculate oakQuercus robur8.7% · 66% canopy
- Holm oakQuercus ilex7.8% · 57% canopy
- Sessile oakQuercus petraea7.4% · 67% canopy
- Monterey pinePinus radiata6.9% · 63% canopy
- Sweet chestnutCastanea sativa6.8% · 59% canopy
- Maritime pinePinus pinaster4.7% · 53% canopy
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