Protected natural areas
ZEPA-ZEC Sierras Meridionales de Álava
ZEPA-ZEC Sierras Meridionales de Álava has 172 km² of forest, mostly holm oak (34% of the tree cover), between 455 and 1,272 m above sea level. Most of it (69%) lies in the sub-humid bioclimatic zone. In the latest run, scoring best here: Deadly fibrecap, Death cap and Summer cep.
Elevation
798 m
455–1,272 m
Wooded ground
172 km²
Holm oak · 34%
Climate
Sub-humid
69% of the area
Dry31%Sub-humid69%
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 6.7 · peak 24.8
- mean 6.1 · peak 22.1
- mean 6 · peak 21.6
- mean 5.8 · peak 21
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- mean 4.7 · peak 17.4
- mean 4.2 · peak 17.8
- mean 3.8 · peak 20.8
- mean 3.7 · peak 17.3
- mean 3.7 · peak 20.4
- mean 3.5 · peak 22.1
- mean 3.4 · peak 22.3
- mean 3.1 · peak 15.9
- mean 3.1 · peak 20.2
- mean 3.1 · peak 20.6
- mean 3 · peak 20.2
- mean 2.6 · peak 18
- mean 1.7 · peak 18.8
- mean 1.5 · peak 11.1
- mean 1.3 · peak 9
- mean 1.2 · peak 9.3
- mean 0.8 · peak 5
- mean 0.7 · peak 3.9
- mean 0.6 · peak 4.4
- mean 0.5 · peak 3.5
- mean 0.5 · peak 3
- mean 0.4 · peak 4.5
- mean 0.4 · peak 3.5
- mean 0.3 · peak 3.7
- mean 0.3 · peak 2.6
- mean 0.2 · peak 1.8
- mean 0.1 · peak 0.7
- mean 0 · peak 0.5
Forest
172 km² of forest
- Holm oakQuercus ilex34% · 67% canopy
- BeechFagus sylvatica29.9% · 82% canopy
- Portuguese oakQuercus faginea24% · 72% canopy
- Black pinePinus nigra3.7% · 71% canopy
- Scots pinePinus sylvestris2.4% · 80% canopy
- Aleppo pinePinus halepensis1.6% · 44% canopy
- Pyrenean oakQuercus pyrenaica0.9% · 84% canopy
- Maritime pinePinus pinaster0.7% · 63% canopy
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