Protected natural areas
SAC Serra do Xistral
SAC Serra do Xistral has 144 km² of forest, mostly pine (43% of the tree cover), between 97 and 924 m above sea level. Most of it (98%) lies in the humid bioclimatic zone. In the latest run, scoring best here: Bay bolete, Fly agaric and Scarletina bolete.
Elevation
638 m
97–924 m
Wooded ground
144 km²
Pine · 43%
Climate
Humid
98% of the area
Sub-humid2%Humid98%
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 10.2 · peak 66.6
- mean 6.7 · peak 54.9
- mean 5.8 · peak 29.7
- mean 5 · peak 30.3
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- mean 4.8 · peak 41.1
- mean 4.8 · peak 30.1
- mean 4.7 · peak 26.3
- mean 4.6 · peak 27.5
- mean 4.4 · peak 27.5
- mean 3.9 · peak 26.3
- mean 3.5 · peak 25.9
- mean 3.4 · peak 15.8
- mean 3.4 · peak 29.8
- mean 3.1 · peak 23.1
- mean 2.8 · peak 12.7
- mean 2.7 · peak 11.4
- mean 2.7 · peak 20.3
- mean 2.6 · peak 18.3
- mean 2.5 · peak 11.1
- mean 2.4 · peak 14.2
- mean 2.2 · peak 15.1
- mean 2.2 · peak 9.5
- mean 2.1 · peak 9
- mean 2.1 · peak 9.3
- mean 2 · peak 13.5
- mean 1.8 · peak 5
- mean 1.2 · peak 13.5
- mean 0.6 · peak 2.9
- mean 0 · peak 0.2
Forest
144 km² of forest
- Blue gumEucalyptus globulus26% · 65% canopy
- Pedunculate oakQuercus robur24% · 74% canopy
- Maritime pinePinus pinaster23% · 51% canopy
- Scots pinePinus sylvestris10.4% · 54% canopy
- Monterey pinePinus radiata9.6% · 60% canopy
- Downy birchBetula alba3.5% · 69% canopy
- Shining gumEucalyptus nitens2.8% · 52% canopy
- Other eucalyptsOtros eucaliptos0.5% · 45% canopy
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