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Fougères Forest

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67% trees around it and 765 species recorded.

  • trees within 3 km67%
  • wild within 10 km59%
  • species recorded765
  • Altitude164 m

The forest around

67% 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 97%Grassland 2%Water 0%Built-up 0%Trees 64%Grassland 18%Water 0%Cropland 15%Built-up 3%Trees 22%Grassland 33%Water 0%Cropland 37%Built-up 8%Trees 20%Grassland 37%Cropland 39%Built-up 4%67%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km97%
  • 1–3 km64%
  • 3–6 km22%
  • 6–10 km20%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees64%
  • Grassland18%
  • Water0%
  • Cropland15%
  • Built-up3%

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

765 species recorded.

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

European Beech
European BeechFagus sylvatica138 recordsMalene Thyssen · CC BY-SA 3.0
English holly
English hollyIlex aquifolium103 recordsUnknown author · Public domain
European honeysuckle
European honeysuckleLonicera periclymenum83 recordsLuc Viatour · CC BY-SA 3.0
Pedunculate Oak
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur80 recordsAlgirdas at Lithuanian Wikipedia · Public domain
Bracken
BrackenPteridium aquilinum78 recordsStefan.lefnaer · CC BY-SA 4.0
Rabelera holostea
Rabelera holosteaRabelera holostea76 recordsiNaturalist.org (spoonbilling) · CC BY 4.0
Hard Fern
Hard FernStruthiopteris spicant75 recordsSABENCIA Guillermo César Ruiz · CC BY-SA 4.0
Cock's-foot
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata74 recordsAnRo0002 · CC0
Creeping Soft Grass
Creeping Soft GrassHolcus mollis74 recordsJames K. Lindsey · CC BY-SA 3.0
Foxglove
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea74 recordsUnknown author · Public domain
Lesser Celandine
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna73 recordsAnRo0002 · CC0
Herb-robert
Herb-robertGeranium robertianum71 recordsEpgrande · CC BY 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.

63out of 100

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

  • 67%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 59%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 765Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
  • 164 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking in May and in September.

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

  1. Jan8°2°71 mm
  2. Feb8°2°58 mm
  3. Mar11°3°58 mm
  4. Apr15°5°44 mm
  5. May18°8°59 mm
  6. Jun21°11°51 mm
  7. Jul23°13°53 mm
  8. Aug22°13°53 mm
  9. Sep20°11°45 mm
  10. Oct16°8°75 mm
  11. Nov11°5°79 mm
  12. Dec8°3°83 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Fougères Forest.

Forest in France

Fougères Forest is a forest in France.

Seen from space, 67% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 59% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

765 species have been recorded around it: 605 plants, 11 fungi, 122 birds and 27 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: European Beech, English holly and European honeysuckle.

The best time to walk is in May and in September.

35-forêt-fougeres-humus-moder (2)
CWALTER · 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.

Fougères Forest 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

  • 12marked trails within 5 kmCircuit du Relais des Vallées, La Longue Noë, Le Bois Mary and 9 more
  • 3named and notable trees within 6 kmSapin de la Reine Beatrix, Les Jumeaux
  • 17picnic sites within 4 km
  • 4shelters and huts within 6 km
  • 7viewpoints within 5 kmVue du Rocher Coupé, Vue sur le château and 5 more
  • 1visitor centres within 6 kmOffice du Tourisme du Pays de Fougères
  • 30car parks within 3 km
  • 5campsites within 10 kmCamping municipal de Paron, Aire du jardin des fêtes, Parking de la Carrière - Fougères and 2 more
  • 27places to stay within 10 kmGîte équestre de Chénedet, Hôtel F1, Hôtel des Voyageurs and 24 more
  • 2restaurants and cafés within 3 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.

Landéan(35)La route forestière de Clairdouet en Forêt de Fougères 02
Vains50 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Landéan - CordondesDruides2
Pymouss · CC BY-SA 3.0
Laignelet - Les Jumeaux 20220802-01
Pymouss · CC BY-SA 4.0

Other forests nearby.

Fougères Forest

France

  • 63Forestyas Score
  • 67%Trees
  • 59%Wild
  • 765Species

Paimpont forest

France · 85 km

  • 78Forestyas Score
  • 82%Trees
  • 77%Wild
  • 855Species

See the guide

Forêt d'Écouves

France · 92 km

  • 78Forestyas Score
  • 96%Trees
  • 75%Wild
  • 771Species

See the guide

Cerisy Forest

France · 91 km

  • 68Forestyas Score
  • 68%Trees
  • 68%Wild
  • 1,015Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q3078867) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species17,366 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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