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Portugal Portugal arboretum

Jardim Botânico de Lisboa

Vitor Oliveira from Torres Vedras, PORTUGAL · CC BY-SA 2.0

13% trees around it and 358 species recorded.

38Forestyas Score

ArboretumFungiBirds

  • trees within 3 km13%
  • wild within 10 km63%
  • species recorded358
  • Altitude71 m

The forest around

13% 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 13%Grassland 1%Built-up 86%Trees 13%Grassland 4%Water 24%Bare ground 0%Built-up 58%Trees 16%Grassland 8%Water 40%Bare ground 0%Cropland 0%Built-up 35%Trees 12%Shrubland 0%Grassland 16%Wetland 1%Water 36%Bare ground 1%Cropland 1%Built-up 33%13%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km13%
  • 1–3 km13%
  • 3–6 km16%
  • 6–10 km12%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees13%
  • Grassland4%
  • Wetland0%
  • Water24%
  • Bare ground0%
  • Cropland0%
  • Built-up58%

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

358 species recorded.

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

Pomegranate
PomegranatePunica granatum46 recordsH. Zell · CC BY-SA 3.0
Tree of heaven
Tree of heavenAilanthus altissima45 recordsDarkone ( talk · contribs ) · CC BY-SA 2.5
Oleander
OleanderNerium oleander43 recordsUnknown author · CC BY 2.5
Australian cheesewood
Australian cheesewoodPittosporum undulatum41 recordsLouisa Anne Meredith · Public domain
Bermuda buttercup
Bermuda buttercupOxalis pes-caprae39 recordsM ath K night and Zachi Evenor אביר המתמטיקה וצחי אבנור · CC BY-SA 4.0
Persicaria capitata
Persicaria capitataPersicaria capitata34 recordsJJ Harrison ( https://www.jjharrison.com.au/ ) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Ivy-leaved Toadflax
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis29 recordsEpgrande · CC BY 4.0
Olive tree
Olive treeOlea europaea24 recordsHans Hillewaert · CC BY-SA 3.0
Bear's Breeches
Bear's BreechesAcanthus mollis24 recordsHectonichus · CC BY-SA 3.0
Myrtle
MyrtleMyrtus communis21 recordsJúlio Reis ( Tintazul ) · CC BY-SA 2.5
Judas-tree
Judas-treeCercis siliquastrum18 recordsZeynel Cebeci · CC BY-SA 4.0
St. John's Bread
St. John's BreadCeratonia siliqua18 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0

Open records within 2 km (GBIF, licensed for any use). Busy places are better recorded than remote ones.

In numbers

The forest, measured.

38out of 100

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

  • 13%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 63%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 358Speciesrecorded more than once within 2 km
  • 71 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking in May.

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

  1. Jan15°11°65 mm
  2. Feb15°11°51 mm
  3. Mar16°12°60 mm
  4. Apr17°13°54 mm
  5. May19°15°31 mm
  6. Jun21°17°11 mm
  7. Jul22°18°3 mm
  8. Aug23°18°6 mm
  9. Sep22°18°25 mm
  10. Oct21°17°79 mm
  11. Nov17°14°92 mm
  12. Dec15°12°64 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Jardim Botânico de Lisboa.

Cultural heritage monument in Lisboa, Portugal

Jardim Botânico de Lisboa is an arboretum in Portugal.

Seen from space, 13% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 63% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

358 species have been recorded around it: 167 plants, 53 fungi, 136 birds and 2 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Pomegranate, Tree of heaven and Oleander.

The best time to walk is in May.

Jardim Botânico de Lisboa - Portugal 🇵🇹 (54210262784)
Vitor Oliveira from Torres Vedras, PORTUGAL · CC BY-SA 2.0

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.

Jardim Botânico de Lisboa 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

  • 15marked trails within 5 kmRota da Biodiversidade, Volta do Planalto, Rota da Água and 12 more
  • 71named and notable trees within 6 kmCipreste-português, Plátano Oriental, Figueira-da-Austrália and 68 more
  • 110picnic sites within 4 km
  • 200shelters and huts within 6 kmRua Joaquim António de Aguiar, Areeiro and 198 more
  • 110viewpoints within 5 kmMiradouro de São Pedro de Alcântara, Torre de São Lourenço, Alto da Serafina and 107 more
  • 23visitor centres within 6 kmask me Lisboa, Posto de Turismo de Cacilhas, Metro Sul do Tejo and 20 more
  • 2,011car parks within 3 km
  • 13campsites within 10 kmLisboa Camping, Fábrica do Braço de Prata, Area Serviço Autocaravana Corroios and 10 more
  • 836places to stay within 10 kmHotel Jorge V, Legendary Lisboa Suites, Pensão Residencial Portuense and 833 more
  • 2,752restaurants 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 Jardim Botânico de Lisboa.

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.

Peakyas29 mountains within 25 km
Pinheiro da Cruz11 kmSuimo14 kmPiedade17 kmAlto da Toupeira18 kmMonfirre19 kmServes20 kmCruz Alta22 kmTrês Cabeços24 km
Coastya9 beaches within 10 km
Praia de Algés7.5 kmPraia da Ponta dos Corvos8.0 kmPraia do Dafundo8.2 kmPraia do Moinho do Cabo8.2 kmPraia da Trafaria8.8 kmPraia do Seixal9.0 kmPraia Barra-a-Barra9.0 kmPraia da Cruz Quebrada9.2 km
Darkskyas2 dark-sky places within 30 km
Astronomical Observatory of LisbonBortle 9 · 3.4 kmPlanetário de MarinhaBortle 9 · 5.7 km
Viewyas5 viewpoints within 15 kmComing soon
Jardim de São Pedro de Alcântara0.5 kmMiradouro de Santa Catarina1.0 kmMiradouro da Senhora do Monte1.4 kmMiradouro da Graça1.5 kmMiradouro de Santa Luzia1.8 km
Birdyas3 birding sites within 25 km
Estuário do Tejo282 species · 18 kmTagus Estuary Special Protection Area22 kmLagoa Pequena264 species · 22 km
Cavernyas1 caves within 20 km
Cave of Salemas18 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.

Entrada ao Jardim Botânico, Lisboa (20240212173753)
JnpoJuwan · CC0
Jardim Botânico de Lisboa - Portugal 🇵🇹 (54209123182)
Vitor Oliveira from Torres Vedras, PORTUGAL · CC BY-SA 2.0
Jardim Botânico em Lisboa
Joehawkins · CC BY-SA 4.0

Other forests nearby.

Jardim Botânico de Lisboa

Portugal

  • 38Forestyas Score
  • 13%Trees
  • 63%Wild
  • 358Species

Monsanto Forest Park

Portugal · 4 km

  • 52Forestyas Score
  • 40%Trees
  • 57%Wild
  • 1,370Species

See the guide

Whistler cork oak

Portugal · 42 km

  • 43Forestyas Score
  • 21%Trees
  • 84%Wild
  • 94Species

See the guide

Oliveira do Mouchão

Portugal · 125 km

  • 62Forestyas Score
  • 48%Trees
  • 96%Wild
  • 143Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q943407) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species66,092 open records within 2 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, Coastya, Darkskyas, Viewyas, Birdyas, Cavernyas

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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Same idea, other landscapes: field atlases built on open data, in seven languages.

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