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ZEC Sierra de Artxuga, Zarikieta y montes de Areta
ZEC Sierra de Artxuga, Zarikieta y montes de Areta has 215 km² of forest, mostly pine (52% of the tree cover), between 514 and 1,381 m above sea level. Most of it (97%) lies in the humid bioclimatic zone. In the latest run, scoring best here: Chanterelle, Panther cap and Scarletina bolete.
Elevation
844 m
514–1,381 m
Wooded ground
215 km²
Pine · 52%
Climate
Humid
97% of the area
Sub-humid3%Humid97%
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 43.8 · peak 95.2
- mean 39.1 · peak 94.1
- mean 32.6 · peak 94.1
- mean 32.1 · peak 91.7
- mean 30 · peak 79.9
- mean 29.7 · peak 79.9
- mean 29 · peak 76.3
- mean 24.8 · peak 83.2
- mean 23.8 · peak 79.6
- mean 23.4 · peak 74.9
- mean 23.3 · peak 74.9
- mean 21.1 · peak 84.6
- mean 20.8 · peak 83.2
- mean 19.6 · peak 72.6
- mean 19.2 · peak 77.3
- mean 18.6 · peak 76.8
- mean 17.1 · peak 66.1
- mean 17 · peak 74.9
- mean 17 · peak 51
- mean 16.7 · peak 63
- mean 15.9 · peak 80.2
- mean 15.8 · peak 78
- mean 15.8 · peak 66.5
- mean 12.6 · peak 66.8
- mean 10.6 · peak 52.9
- mean 9.7 · peak 47.2
- mean 9.7 · peak 58.8
- mean 7.9 · peak 36.7
Show the other 4
- mean 2.5 · peak 12.1
- mean 2.2 · peak 9.5
- mean 0.9 · peak 4.5
- mean 0.4 · peak 3.2
Forest
215 km² of forest
- Scots pinePinus sylvestris46.9% · 66% canopy
- BeechFagus sylvatica16.4% · 79% canopy
- Holm oakQuercus ilex13.4% · 65% canopy
- Portuguese oakQuercus faginea6.5% · 64% canopy
- Downy oakQuercus humilis (Q. Pubescens)6.3% · 72% canopy
- Black pinePinus nigra5.1% · 86% canopy
- Pyrenean oakQuercus pyrenaica1.8% · 76% canopy
- Prickly juniperJuniperus oxycedrus1.7% · 25% canopy
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