Protected natural areas
SAC Brañas de Xestoso
SAC Brañas de Xestoso has 9 km² of forest, mostly pine (61.2% of the tree cover), between 499 and 671 m above sea level. All of it lies in the humid bioclimatic zone. In the latest run, scoring best here: Bay bolete.
Elevation
631 m
499–671 m
Wooded ground
9 km²
Pine · 61.2%
Climate
Humid
100% of the area
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 5.6 · peak 13
- mean 4.2 · peak 11.2
- mean 3.8 · peak 12.3
Show the other 23
- mean 3.4 · peak 8
- mean 3.2 · peak 10.8
- mean 3.2 · peak 9.5
- mean 2.3 · peak 9
- mean 2.3 · peak 7.2
- mean 2.1 · peak 6.4
- mean 2 · peak 7.7
- mean 2 · peak 8.7
- mean 1.9 · peak 6
- mean 1.7 · peak 6.6
- mean 1.4 · peak 5.2
- mean 1.4 · peak 3.9
- mean 1.3 · peak 3.2
- mean 1.1 · peak 3.9
- mean 1 · peak 3.5
- mean 1 · peak 4.5
- mean 1 · peak 3.2
- mean 0.9 · peak 3.7
- mean 0.8 · peak 4.3
- mean 0.6 · peak 2
- mean 0.5 · peak 2.4
- mean 0.3 · peak 1.7
- mean 0 · peak 0.1
Forest
9 km² of forest
- Maritime pinePinus pinaster57.2% · 53% canopy
- Pedunculate oakQuercus robur19.6% · 73% canopy
- Blue gumEucalyptus globulus10.6% · 67% canopy
- Downy birchBetula alba5.9% · 85% canopy
- Monterey pinePinus radiata4% · 36% canopy
- Grey willowSalix atrocinerea1.9% · 60% canopy
- Black alderAlnus glutinosa0.6% · 80% canopy
- Sweet chestnutCastanea sativa0.2% · 30% canopy
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