Protected natural areas

Alto Tajo Natural Park Peripheral Zone of Protection

Alto Tajo Natural Park Peripheral Zone of Protection has 664 km² of forest, mostly pine (57% of the tree cover), between 807 and 1,756 m above sea level. Most of it (80%) lies in the dry bioclimatic zone. In the latest run, no species here scores above “very weak”.

Elevation

1,188 m

807–1,756 m

Wooded ground

664 km²

Pine · 57%

Climate

Dry

80% of the area

Dry80%Sub-humid20%

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 2026

The bar is the area's mean index; the tick is the highest it reaches in any corner of it.

  • CharbonnierTricholoma portentosumVery weak
    mean 3 · peak 28.4
  • Slippery jackSuillus luteusVery weak
    mean 2.7 · peak 27.3
  • Pine boleteBoletus pinophilusVery weak
    mean 2.7 · peak 23.5
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Forest

664 km² of forest

  • Black pinePinus nigra36.5% · 64% canopy
  • Spanish juniperJuniperus thurifera20% · 43% canopy
  • Holm oakQuercus ilex13.8% · 58% canopy
  • Scots pinePinus sylvestris11.5% · 64% canopy
  • Maritime pinePinus pinaster9% · 68% canopy
  • Portuguese oakQuercus faginea4.4% · 47% canopy
  • Pyrenean oakQuercus pyrenaica1.5% · 44% canopy
  • Prickly juniperJuniperus oxycedrus0.9% · 44% canopy
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