Protected natural areas
ZEC Ancares-Courel
ZEC Ancares-Courel has 543 km² of forest, mostly oak (43.1% of the tree cover), between 292 and 1,736 m above sea level. All of it lies in the humid bioclimatic zone. In the latest run, no species here scores above “very weak”.
Elevation
928 m
292–1,736 m
Wooded ground
543 km²
Oak · 43.1%
Climate
Humid
100% of the area
Sub-humid0%Humid100%
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 3.1 · peak 18.3
- mean 3 · peak 18.7
- mean 2.9 · peak 17.4
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- mean 2.6 · peak 18
- mean 2.6 · peak 17.1
- mean 2.4 · peak 19
- mean 2.3 · peak 14.9
- mean 2 · peak 12.4
- mean 2 · peak 16.7
- mean 2 · peak 18.9
- mean 2 · peak 12.4
- mean 1.9 · peak 17.3
- mean 1.7 · peak 13.2
- mean 1.7 · peak 10.8
- mean 1.5 · peak 15.3
- mean 1.4 · peak 11.2
- mean 1.4 · peak 14.4
- mean 1 · peak 9.6
- mean 0.9 · peak 8.4
- mean 0.8 · peak 8.8
- mean 0.6 · peak 9.2
- mean 0.6 · peak 7.7
- mean 0.6 · peak 8
- mean 0.4 · peak 3.2
- mean 0.4 · peak 8
- mean 0.4 · peak 8
- mean 0.3 · peak 2.9
- mean 0.2 · peak 0.8
- mean 0.2 · peak 2.4
- mean 0.1 · peak 3.4
- mean 0.1 · peak 0.8
- mean 0 · peak 0.1
Forest
543 km² of forest
- Pyrenean oakQuercus pyrenaica28% · 65% canopy
- Sweet chestnutCastanea sativa20.6% · 67% canopy
- Pedunculate oakQuercus robur15.1% · 71% canopy
- Scots pinePinus sylvestris13.4% · 55% canopy
- Maritime pinePinus pinaster10.4% · 53% canopy
- Downy birchBetula alba4.7% · 62% canopy
- Monterey pinePinus radiata3.7% · 59% canopy
- Black alderAlnus glutinosa1.4% · 73% canopy
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