Protected natural areas
Serra da Malcata Special Protection Area
Serra da Malcata Special Protection Area has 4 km² of forest, mostly pine (79.5% of the tree cover), between 674 and 967 m above sea level. Most of it (89%) lies in the sub-humid bioclimatic zone. In the latest run, no species here scores above “very weak”.
Elevation
810 m
674–967 m
Wooded ground
4 km²
Pine · 79.5%
Climate
Sub-humid
89% of the area
Sub-humid89%Humid11%
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 3.6 · peak 15.3
- mean 3.5 · peak 15.8
- mean 3.4 · peak 14.5
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- mean 2.9 · peak 12.8
- mean 1.9 · peak 7.2
- mean 1.9 · peak 6.6
- mean 1.3 · peak 5.2
- mean 1 · peak 2.5
- mean 1 · peak 2.4
- mean 1 · peak 2.3
- mean 1 · peak 2.3
- mean 0.9 · peak 2.1
- mean 0.8 · peak 3.4
- mean 0.8 · peak 2
- mean 0.8 · peak 3.2
- mean 0.7 · peak 2.8
- mean 0.6 · peak 1.4
- mean 0.6 · peak 2.8
- mean 0.6 · peak 1.3
- mean 0.5 · peak 1.2
- mean 0.3 · peak 1.5
- mean 0.2 · peak 0.5
- mean 0.2 · peak 0.5
- mean 0.2 · peak 0.5
- mean 0.1 · peak 0.7
- mean 0.1 · peak 0.5
- mean 0.1 · peak 0.4
- mean 0 · peak 0
Forest
4 km² of forest
- Maritime pinePinus pinaster79.5% · 54% canopy
- Strawberry treeArbutus unedo11.5% · 53% canopy
- Pyrenean oakQuercus pyrenaica9% · 20% canopy
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