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Forêt de Mormal

Camster · CC BY-SA 4.0

91% trees around it and 1,164 species recorded.

  • trees within 3 km91%
  • wild within 10 km76%
  • species recorded1,164
  • Altitude165 m

The forest around

91% 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 95%Grassland 4%Built-up 0%Trees 91%Grassland 8%Cropland 1%Built-up 0%Trees 68%Grassland 22%Cropland 8%Built-up 2%Trees 22%Grassland 44%Water 0%Cropland 29%Built-up 5%91%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km95%
  • 1–3 km91%
  • 3–6 km68%
  • 6–10 km22%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees91%
  • Grassland8%
  • Cropland1%
  • 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

1,164 species recorded.

The plants, fungi, birds and mammals people have recorded here most often.

Creeping buttercup
Creeping buttercupRanunculus repens652 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
Stickywilly
StickywillyGalium aparine508 recordsAlvesgaspar · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wild angelica
Wild angelicaAngelica sylvestris488 recordsUnknown author · Public domain
Yorkshire-fog
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus482 recordsRasbak · CC BY-SA 3.0
Hornbeam
HornbeamCarpinus betulus477 recordsBotaurus · Public domain
Queen of the meadow
Queen of the meadowFilipendula ulmaria472 recordsUnknown author · Public domain
Ground-ivy
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea441 recordsAnRo0002 · CC0
Broadleaf enchanter's nightshade
Broadleaf enchanter's nightshadeCircaea lutetiana441 recordsUser:Kilom691 · Public domain
Lady-fern
Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina432 recordsNo machine-readable author provided. MPF assumed (based on copyright claims). · CC BY 2.5
Soft Rush
Soft RushJuncus effusus424 recordsThe original uploader was Meggar at English Wikipedia . · CC BY-SA 3.0
Hogweed
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium417 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
Tufted Hair-grass
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa414 recordsChristian Fischer · CC BY-SA 3.0

Open records within 5 km (GBIF, licensed for any use). Busy places are better recorded than remote ones.

In numbers

The forest, measured.

80out of 100

Our own rating, from open data only: tree cover (40 points), wildness (20), species recorded (30) and protection or heritage (10).

  • 91%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 76%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 1,164Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
  • 165 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking in September.

How good each month is for a walk: mild days and little rain make the bar taller.

  1. Jan5°-1°71 mm
  2. Feb6°-1°65 mm
  3. Mar10°1°63 mm
  4. Apr14°4°45 mm
  5. May18°8°65 mm
  6. Jun21°11°66 mm
  7. Jul23°13°68 mm
  8. Aug22°12°76 mm
  9. Sep19°9°52 mm
  10. Oct14°6°67 mm
  11. Nov9°3°73 mm
  12. Dec5°0°86 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Forêt de Mormal.

Forest in France

Forêt de Mormal is a forest in France.

Seen from space, 91% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 76% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

1,164 species have been recorded around it: 665 plants, 323 fungi, 135 birds and 41 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Creeping buttercup, Stickywilly and Wild angelica.

The best time to walk is in September.

Forêt de Mormal - Nerviens 04
Camster · CC BY-SA 4.0

Get there and walk

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.

Forêt de Mormal seen from above (Sentinel-2)
Seen from above: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 6 × 6 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Around, in OpenStreetMap

  • 11marked trails within 5 kmBon-Secours - Son, Boucle Bocages et Maroilles, Circuit des Pâtures and 8 more
  • 6named and notable trees within 6 kmAulune Glutineux, Noyes d'Amerique, Thuya d'occident ou du Canada and 3 more
  • 5picnic sites within 4 km
  • 4shelters and huts within 6 km
  • 1viewpoints within 5 km
  • 2car parks within 3 km
  • 12campsites within 10 kmVert Donjon, Domaine de Mormal, La Forestière and 9 more
  • 8places to stay within 10 kmDomaine de Mormal, La Jolimessine, Au repos de la licorne and 5 more
  • 3restaurants 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.

Photographs

The forest, as people saw it.

Forêt de Mormal - Nerviens 01
Camster · CC BY-SA 4.0
Forêt de Mormal 01
FrDr · CC BY-SA 4.0
Forêt de Mormal 02
FrDr · CC BY-SA 4.0

Other forests nearby.

Forêt de Mormal

France

  • 80Forestyas Score
  • 91%Trees
  • 76%Wild
  • 1,164Species

Forest of Bonsecours

Belgium · 33 km

  • 62Forestyas Score
  • 56%Trees
  • 65%Wild
  • 1,479Species

See the guide

Sonian Forest

Belgium · 81 km

  • 76Forestyas Score
  • 80%Trees
  • 71%Wild
  • 1,917Species

See the guide

Forest of Compiègne

France · 110 km

  • 80Forestyas Score
  • 99%Trees
  • 75%Wild
  • 1,320Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q3078922) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species55,058 open records within 5 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only)
See these recordsgbif.org
Names and photosWikidata (CC0); GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
AltitudeCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Temperature and rainNASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2)
What is around© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

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