Protected natural areas
SAC Serra do Candán
SAC Serra do Candán has 39 km² of forest, mostly pine (47.7% of the tree cover), between 452 and 910 m above sea level. All of it lies in the humid bioclimatic zone. In the latest run, no species here scores above “very weak”.
Also in: Ourense
Elevation
706 m
452–910 m
Wooded ground
39 km²
Pine · 47.7%
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.
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 4.1 · peak 19.2
- mean 3 · peak 16
- mean 2.7 · peak 11.4
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- mean 2.6 · peak 17
- mean 2.4 · peak 16.4
- mean 1.9 · peak 7.5
- mean 1.9 · peak 8.9
- mean 1.8 · peak 8
- mean 1.8 · peak 8
- mean 1.7 · peak 16.2
- mean 1.6 · peak 7.2
- mean 1.6 · peak 11.1
- mean 1.5 · peak 6.6
- mean 1.4 · peak 5.4
- mean 1.4 · peak 9
- mean 1.3 · peak 6.7
- mean 1.1 · peak 6.2
- mean 1.1 · peak 4.2
- mean 1 · peak 6.2
- mean 0.8 · peak 5.9
- mean 0.6 · peak 4.5
- mean 0.5 · peak 3.7
- mean 0.5 · peak 2
- mean 0.5 · peak 1.3
- mean 0.4 · peak 3.4
- mean 0.4 · peak 1.1
- mean 0.2 · peak 1.5
- mean 0.2 · peak 0.3
- mean 0 · peak 0
Forest
39 km² of forest
- Pedunculate oakQuercus robur45.2% · 72% canopy
- Maritime pinePinus pinaster40.9% · 48% canopy
- Monterey pinePinus radiata6.5% · 46% canopy
- Sweet chestnutCastanea sativa5.1% · 77% canopy
- Downy birchBetula alba1% · 57% canopy
- Blue gumEucalyptus globulus0.9% · 63% canopy
- Scots pinePinus sylvestris0.3% · 61% canopy
- WillowsSalix spp.0.1% · 50% canopy
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