Cyprus notable tree
Famous Quercus Infectoria in Néo Chōrió
Fry72, Karel Frydrýšek · CC BY-SA 4.0
47% trees around it and 188 species recorded.
- trees within 3 km47%
- wild within 10 km96%
- species recorded188
- Altitude258 m
The forest around
47% trees.
Read like the rings of a cut trunk: from the centre out, the land within 1, 3, 6 and 10 km, coloured by what covers it.
Trees, ring by ring
- 0–1 km75%
- 1–3 km44%
- 3–6 km25%
- 6–10 km5%
What covers the land (1–3 km)
- Trees44%
- Shrubland9%
- Grassland11%
- Water34%
- Bare ground0%
- Cropland2%
- Built-up0%
ESA WorldCover 2021 (10 m, from Sentinel satellites), sampled every 120 m. A clearing, a road or a lake counts as what it is.
Who lives here
188 species recorded.
The plants, fungi, birds and mammals people have recorded here most often.
VU
Open records within 2 km (GBIF, licensed for any use). Busy places are better recorded than remote ones.
In numbers
The forest, measured.
Our own rating, from open data only: tree cover (40 points), wildness (20), species recorded (30) and protection or heritage (10).
- 47%Treesof the land within 3 km
- 96%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
- 188Speciesrecorded more than once within 2 km
- 258 mAltitudeabove the sea
When to walk
Best for walking in April and in November.
How good each month is for a walk: mild days and little rain make the bar taller.
- Jan9°89 mm
- Feb9°55 mm
- Mar11°33 mm
- Apr13°18 mm
- May17°13 mm
- Jun20°4 mm
- Jul23°2 mm
- Aug24°2 mm
- Sep22°10 mm
- Oct18°27 mm
- Nov14°43 mm
- Dec11°92 mm
- Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
- Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Famous Quercus Infectoria in Néo Chōrió.
Famous Quercus Infectoria in Néo Chōrió is a notable tree in Cyprus, 258 m above the sea.
Seen from space, 47% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 96% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.
188 species have been recorded around it: 75 plants, 3 fungi, 110 birds and 0 mammals.
The most recorded plants are: Ophrys bornmuelleri, Friar's cowl and Anatolian orchid.
The best time to walk is in April and in November.
Get there and walk
- Aphrodite Family Eco Campingcampsite · 1.7 km · 1 within 10 km
- Aphrodite Beachplace to stay · 3.4 km · 30 within 10 km
- Pólisnearest town · 9.4 km in a straight line
- Paphos International Airport (PFO)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 41 km in a straight lineCar hire at PFO airport (Paphos)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The forest and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the trails, notable trees, picnic sites and huts that OpenStreetMap shows.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 8marked trails within 5 kmEuropean Walking Route E4, Cyprus, Main Route, Aphrodite Natural Trail, Adonis Nature Trail and 5 more
- 1named and notable trees within 6 km
- 11picnic sites within 4 km
- 4shelters and huts within 6 km
- 12viewpoints within 5 kmFontana Amorosa, Blue Lagoon and 10 more
- 5car parks within 3 km
- 1campsites within 10 kmAphrodite Family Eco Camping
- 30places to stay within 10 kmAphrodite Beach, Socrates apartments, Tavros Hotel Apartments and 27 more
- 2restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Famous Quercus Infectoria in Néo Chōrió.
The mountains, lakes, rivers, waterfalls and canyons around this forest, the viewpoints above it, the birds and the night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas15 mountains within 25 km
Viewyas1 viewpoints within 15 kmComing soonFigures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Photographs
The forest, as people saw it.
Other forests nearby.
Famous Quercus Infectoria in Néo Chōrió
Cyprus
- 63Forestyas Score
- 47%Trees
- 96%Wild
- 188Species
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q117038801) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Land cover | ESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0 |
| Species | 2,080 open records within 2 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Names and photos | Wikidata (CC0); GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas, Islandyas, Viewyas, Canyonyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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