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Jardín Botánico de Santa Cruz de la Sierra

Parallelepiped09 · CC BY-SA 4.0

55% trees around it and 863 species recorded.

  • trees within 3 km55%
  • wild within 10 km64%
  • species recorded863
  • Altitude395 m

The forest around

55% 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 66%Grassland 21%Cropland 1%Built-up 12%Trees 53%Grassland 26%Water 0%Cropland 3%Built-up 18%Trees 32%Shrubland 0%Grassland 29%Water 0%Cropland 5%Built-up 34%Trees 31%Shrubland 0%Grassland 31%Water 0%Cropland 5%Built-up 32%55%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km66%
  • 1–3 km53%
  • 3–6 km32%
  • 6–10 km31%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees53%
  • Shrubland0%
  • Grassland26%
  • Water0%
  • Cropland3%
  • Built-up18%

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

863 species recorded.

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

Aspidosperma cylindrocarpon
Aspidosperma cylindrocarponAspidosperma cylindrocarpon35 recordsjorge EFO Silva · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dyer's mulberry
Dyer's mulberryMaclura tinctoria22 recordsKarl Friedrich Philipp von Martius (1794 - 1868) · Public domain
Varronia curassavica
Varronia curassavicaVarronia curassavica22 recordsMarcia Stefani · CC BY 2.0
Anadenanthera colubrina
Anadenanthera colubrinaAnadenanthera colubrina20 recordsJoão Medeiros · CC BY 2.0
Solanum corumbenseSolanum corumbense31 records
Monteverdia floribundaMonteverdia floribunda29 records
Neea hermaphroditaNeea hermaphrodita24 records
Solanum ripariumSolanum riparium21 records
NT
Coccoloba meissnerianaCoccoloba meissneriana20 records
Varronia dichotomaVarronia dichotoma20 records
Seguieria aculeataSeguieria aculeata19 records
Vachellia albicorticataVachellia albicorticata17 records

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

In numbers

The forest, measured.

62out of 100

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

  • 55%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 64%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 863Speciesrecorded more than once within 2 km
  • 395 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking from June to July.

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

  1. Jan30°22°169 mm
  2. Feb30°21°150 mm
  3. Mar30°21°115 mm
  4. Apr29°20°92 mm
  5. May26°17°85 mm
  6. Jun26°16°70 mm
  7. Jul26°15°38 mm
  8. Aug29°17°40 mm
  9. Sep32°19°48 mm
  10. Oct33°22°84 mm
  11. Nov32°22°112 mm
  12. Dec31°22°136 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Jardín Botánico de Santa Cruz de la Sierra.

Botanical Garden in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia

Jardín Botánico de Santa Cruz de la Sierra is an arboretum in Bolivia, 395 m above the sea.

Seen from space, 55% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 64% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

863 species have been recorded around it: 476 plants, 0 fungi, 377 birds and 10 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Aspidosperma cylindrocarpon, Dyer's mulberry and Varronia curassavica.

The best time to walk is from June to July.

Jardín Botánico de Santa Cruz
Parallelepiped09 · 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.

Jardín Botánico de Santa Cruz de la Sierra 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

  • 2viewpoints within 5 kmMirador
  • 3car parks within 3 km
  • 3campsites within 10 kmCampamento Bethel, Empresa Servicios Divino Niño Jesus, planta latco
  • 59places to stay within 10 kmcasa de José, Aurora, Zona 5 and 56 more
  • 1restaurants and cafés within 3 km
  • marked trails within 5 km
  • named and notable trees within 6 km
  • picnic sites within 4 km
  • shelters and huts within 6 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.

Busto de Doroteo Hernández Vera
Padawan1977 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Other forests nearby.

Jardín Botánico de Santa Cruz de la Sierra

Bolivia

  • 62Forestyas Score
  • 55%Trees
  • 64%Wild
  • 863Species

Jardín Botánico Martín Cárdenas

Bolivia · 328 km

  • 31Forestyas Score
  • 8%Trees
  • 48%Wild
  • 361Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q3162405) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species33,721 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

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

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