Protected natural areas
Serra do Gerês Special Protection Area
Serra do Gerês Special Protection Area has 11 km² of forest, mostly oak (67.8% of the tree cover), between 355 and 1,355 m above sea level. All of it lies in the humid bioclimatic zone. In the latest run, no species here scores above “very weak”.
Elevation
988 m
355–1,355 m
Wooded ground
11 km²
Oak · 67.8%
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 1.8 · peak 6.9
- mean 1.5 · peak 12.7
- mean 1.3 · peak 6.1
Show the other 26
- mean 1.2 · peak 6
- mean 1.2 · peak 10.7
- mean 1.2 · peak 6.1
- mean 1.2 · peak 6
- mean 1.2 · peak 12.8
- mean 1.1 · peak 5.8
- mean 1.1 · peak 4.2
- mean 1.1 · peak 5.5
- mean 1 · peak 13.4
- mean 1 · peak 3.7
- mean 1 · peak 5.5
- mean 0.9 · peak 3.6
- mean 0.8 · peak 3.1
- mean 0.8 · peak 4.6
- mean 0.6 · peak 5.2
- mean 0.5 · peak 2.5
- mean 0.5 · peak 2.6
- mean 0.4 · peak 1.7
- mean 0.4 · peak 1.6
- mean 0.4 · peak 1.5
- mean 0.4 · peak 3.1
- mean 0.3 · peak 1.5
- mean 0.2 · peak 1.7
- mean 0.2 · peak 1.3
- mean 0.2 · peak 0.9
- mean 0 · peak 0
Forest
11 km² of forest
- Pyrenean oakQuercus pyrenaica60% · 60% canopy
- Scots pinePinus sylvestris20.1% · 38% canopy
- Maritime pinePinus pinaster8.5% · 52% canopy
- Pedunculate oakQuercus robur7.8% · 60% canopy
- Black alderAlnus glutinosa2.1% · 15% canopy
- Strawberry treeArbutus unedo1.4% · 40% canopy
- Blue gumEucalyptus globulus0.1% · 35% canopy
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