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Landes forest

Larrousiney · CC BY-SA 3.0

29% trees around it and 195 species recorded.

  • trees within 3 km29%
  • wild within 10 km85%
  • species recorded195
  • Altitude112 m

The forest around

29% 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 38%Grassland 33%Cropland 29%Trees 28%Grassland 57%Cropland 15%Trees 40%Grassland 42%Cropland 18%Trees 43%Grassland 44%Cropland 13%29%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km38%
  • 1–3 km28%
  • 3–6 km40%
  • 6–10 km43%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees28%
  • Grassland57%
  • Cropland15%

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

195 species recorded.

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

Purple moor-grass
Purple moor-grassMolinia caerulea45 recordsElke Freese · CC BY-SA 3.0
Maritime Pine
Maritime PinePinus pinaster39 recordsLivioandronico2013 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Bracken
BrackenPteridium aquilinum33 recordsStefan.lefnaer · CC BY-SA 4.0
Alder Buckthorn
Alder BuckthornFrangula alnus30 recordsOldMuzzle · CC BY-SA 3.0
Gorse
GorseUlex europaeus26 recordsForest & Kim Starr · CC BY 3.0
Heather
HeatherCalluna vulgaris24 recordsUnknown author · Public domain
Heather-bell
Heather-bellErica cinerea22 recordsGwen and James Anderson · CC BY-SA 2.0
Marsh helleborine
Marsh helleborineEpipactis palustris17 recordsBernd Haynold · CC BY 2.5
Bog Heather
Bog HeatherErica tetralix15 recordsChristian Fischer · CC BY-SA 3.0
Marsh pennywort
Marsh pennywortHydrocotyle vulgaris13 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
Brown bent
Brown bentAgrostis canina11 recordsJames K. Lindsey · CC BY-SA 3.0
Ulex minor
Ulex minorUlex minor10 recordsRichard New Forest · 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.

50out of 100

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

  • 29%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 85%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 195Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
  • 112 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking in April and in October.

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

  1. Jan10°2°90 mm
  2. Feb11°2°63 mm
  3. Mar15°4°68 mm
  4. Apr18°7°72 mm
  5. May22°10°78 mm
  6. Jun27°14°63 mm
  7. Jul29°15°46 mm
  8. Aug29°15°46 mm
  9. Sep26°12°52 mm
  10. Oct21°9°74 mm
  11. Nov14°5°97 mm
  12. Dec10°2°82 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Landes forest.

Forest in France

Landes forest is a forest in France.

Seen from space, 29% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 85% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

195 species have been recorded around it: 78 plants, 0 fungi, 95 birds and 22 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Purple moor-grass, Maritime Pine and Bracken.

The best time to walk is in April and in October.

ForetLandes
Larrousiney · CC BY-SA 3.0

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.

Landes 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

  • 1campsites within 10 kmAire naturelle Jean Persillon
  • marked trails within 5 km
  • named and notable trees within 6 km
  • picnic sites within 4 km
  • shelters and huts within 6 km
  • viewpoints within 5 km
  • visitor centres within 6 km
  • car parks within 3 km
  • places to stay within 10 km
  • restaurants 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.

Brouillard sur la forêt des Landes
Franck Lefebvre-Billiez · CC BY-SA 4.0
Empilement de souches de pins après désouchage d'une coupe rase 2018 Landes de Gascogne 01
Lamiot · CC BY-SA 4.0
Empilement de souches de pins après désouchage d'une coupe rase 2018 Landes de Gascogne 03
Lamiot · CC BY-SA 4.0

Other forests nearby.

Landes forest

France

  • 50Forestyas Score
  • 29%Trees
  • 85%Wild
  • 195Species

Forêt de la Double

France · 120 km

  • 83Forestyas Score
  • 79%Trees
  • 96%Wild
  • 673Species

See the guide

Irati Forest

Spain · 137 km

  • 87Forestyas Score
  • 94%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 667Species

See the guide

Forêt d'Horte

France · 170 km

  • 76Forestyas Score
  • 82%Trees
  • 74%Wild
  • 680Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q1802044) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species2,730 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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