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Forêt du Tapcal

Rémih · CC BY-SA 4.0

38% trees around it and 756 species recorded.

65Forestyas Score

ForestWildMountain forest

  • trees within 3 km38%
  • wild within 10 km99%
  • species recorded756
  • Altitude1,520 m

The forest around

38% 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 73%Shrubland 0%Grassland 26%Bare ground 0%Trees 34%Shrubland 0%Grassland 63%Bare ground 3%Built-up 0%Trees 41%Shrubland 1%Grassland 55%Bare ground 1%Built-up 1%Trees 65%Shrubland 1%Grassland 33%Bare ground 1%Built-up 0%38%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km73%
  • 1–3 km34%
  • 3–6 km41%
  • 6–10 km65%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees34%
  • Shrubland0%
  • Grassland63%
  • Bare ground3%
  • 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

756 species recorded.

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

Sophora denudata
Sophora denudataSophora denudata592 recordsNo machine-readable author provided. B.navez assumed (based on copyright claims). · CC BY-SA 3.0
Latin American fleabane
Latin American fleabaneErigeron karvinskianus513 recordsAndré Karwath aka Aka · CC BY-SA 2.5
Kahila garland-lily
Kahila garland-lilyHedychium gardnerianum407 recordsJJ Harrison ( https://www.jjharrison.com.au/ ) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Hairy cat's ear
Hairy cat's earHypochaeris radicata389 recordsAnRo0002 · CC0
Spreading snakeroot
Spreading snakerootAgeratina riparia277 recordsFrank Vincentz · CC BY-SA 3.0
Lantana
LantanaLantana camara259 recordsروتانا · CC BY 4.0
Great Mullein
Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus249 recordsW. Bulach · CC BY-SA 4.0
Eugenia buxifolia
Eugenia buxifoliaEugenia buxifolia230 recordsB.navez · CC BY-SA 3.0
Pittosporum senacia
Pittosporum senaciaPittosporum senacia229 recordsChange-ecorce · CC BY-SA 3.0
Albinoberry
AlbinoberryAphloia theiformis222 recordsSAplants · CC BY-SA 4.0
Sweet vernal grass
Sweet vernal grassAnthoxanthum odoratum204 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
Bracken
BrackenPteridium aquilinum204 recordsStefan.lefnaer · CC BY-SA 4.0

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

In numbers

The forest, measured.

65out of 100

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

  • 38%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 99%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 756Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
  • 1,520 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking from June to September.

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

  1. Jan26°22°140 mm
  2. Feb26°23°114 mm
  3. Mar26°22°143 mm
  4. Apr25°21°76 mm
  5. May23°20°53 mm
  6. Jun21°18°37 mm
  7. Jul20°17°31 mm
  8. Aug20°17°31 mm
  9. Sep21°17°33 mm
  10. Oct23°18°34 mm
  11. Nov25°20°46 mm
  12. Dec26°21°55 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Forêt du Tapcal.

Forest in France

Forêt du Tapcal is a forest in France, 1,520 m above the sea.

Seen from space, 38% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 99% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

756 species have been recorded around it: 689 plants, 35 fungi, 26 birds and 6 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Sophora denudata, Latin American fleabane and Kahila garland-lily.

The best time to walk is from June to September.

Plateau terres Fines Îlet à Cordes 01
Rémih · 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 du Tapcal 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

  • 4marked trails within 5 kmGR R1, GR R2, GR R3 and 1 more
  • 3named and notable trees within 6 kmLe gros l'affouche, Bois de Rempart, Bois Rouge
  • 14picnic sites within 4 km
  • 19shelters and huts within 6 kmGîte de la Roche Merveilleuse, Gîte Ti Piton and 17 more
  • 42viewpoints within 5 kmVue panoramique sur Marla et La Nouvelle, Point de vue de la Chapelle and 40 more
  • 1visitor centres within 6 kmOffice de Tourisme de Cilaos
  • 3car parks within 3 km
  • 41campsites within 10 kmCamping des 3 Salazes, Camping Chez Julien, camping sauvage and 38 more
  • 120places to stay within 10 kmGîte Giroday, Gîte les Trois Roches, Gîte Yolande Hoareau and 117 more
  • 1restaurants and cafés within 3 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 Forêt du Tapcal.

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.

Peakyas146 mountains within 25 km
Grand Bénare2,898 m · 1.9 kmPetit Bénare2,600 m · 2.3 kmGros Morne3,019 m · 6.8 kmPiton des Neiges3,070 m · 6.9 kmCoteau Kervéguen2,510 m · 8.3 kmTrois Petits Bonhommes2,464 m · 8.7 kmMassif du Piton des Neiges3,070 m · 9.6 kmPiton de Bébour1,473 m · volcano · 14 km
Islandyasthe island
Réunion2,512 km²
Viewyas5 viewpoints within 15 kmComing soon
Roche Merveilleuse1,435 m · 5.7 kmPiton des Neiges3,070 m · 6.8 kmMaïdo2,205 m · 8.1 kmCoteau Kervéguen2,510 m · 8.3 kmCap Anglais2,158 m · 10 km
Birdyas1 birding sites within 25 km
Saint-Paul Pond63 species · 20 km
Canyonyas2 canyons within 20 km
ravine Fleurs Jaunes3.8 kmTrou de Fer19 km
Cavernyas1 caves within 20 km
Mussard cave9.6 km
Cascadyas6 waterfalls within 15 km
Cascade de Bras Rouge3.2 kmcascade Pitsa4.9 kmcascade l'Eau Chaude4.9 kmLes Trois Roches5.0 kmVoile de la Mariée12 kmcaverne des Hirondelles12 km

Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.

Photographs

The forest, as people saw it.

Grand Bénare @ Plateau Terres Fines 02
Rémih · CC BY-SA 4.0

Other forests nearby.

Forêt du Tapcal

France

  • 65Forestyas Score
  • 38%Trees
  • 99%Wild
  • 756Species

Curepipe Botanic Gardens

Mauritius · 236 km

  • 60Forestyas Score
  • 64%Trees
  • 80%Wild
  • 31Species

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Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Botanical Garden

Mauritius · 251 km

  • 42Forestyas Score
  • 37%Trees
  • 63%Wild
  • 57Species

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Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q3079075) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species24,308 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
Sister atlasesPeakyas, Islandyas, Viewyas, Birdyas, Canyonyas, Cavernyas, Cascadyas

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

The family

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