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Ljubljana Botanical Garden

Yerpo · CC BY-SA 3.0

39% trees around it and 354 species recorded.

54Forestyas Score

Arboretum

  • trees within 3 km39%
  • wild within 10 km71%
  • species recorded354
  • Altitude295 m

The forest around

39% 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 49%Grassland 4%Water 4%Built-up 43%Trees 37%Grassland 11%Water 0%Cropland 3%Built-up 48%Trees 39%Grassland 24%Water 0%Cropland 12%Built-up 24%Trees 48%Grassland 28%Water 0%Cropland 15%Built-up 9%39%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km49%
  • 1–3 km37%
  • 3–6 km39%
  • 6–10 km48%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees37%
  • Grassland11%
  • Water0%
  • Cropland3%
  • Built-up48%

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

354 species recorded.

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

Eastern daisy fleabane
Eastern daisy fleabaneErigeron annuus368 recordsW. Bulach · CC BY-SA 4.0
Tree of heaven
Tree of heavenAilanthus altissima242 recordsDarkone ( talk · contribs ) · CC BY-SA 2.5
Small yellow balsam
Small yellow balsamImpatiens parviflora132 recordsAndré Karwath aka Aka · CC BY-SA 2.5
Western boxelder
Western boxelderAcer negundo111 recordsMatt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0
Cherry laurel
Cherry laurelPrunus laurocerasus98 recordsKarduelis · Public domain
Japanese barberry
Japanese barberryBerberis thunbergii78 recordsAlpsdake · CC BY-SA 4.0
Erigeron canadensis
Erigeron canadensisErigeron canadensis64 recordsAndrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA · CC BY 2.0
Phytolacca acinosa
Phytolacca acinosaPhytolacca acinosa58 recordsAlgirdas · Public domain
Redosier dogwood
Redosier dogwoodCornus sericea43 recordsSulfur at en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0
Pigeon Berry
Pigeon BerryPhytolacca americana42 recordsEpgrande · CC BY 4.0
Staghorn sumac
Staghorn sumacRhus typhina42 recordsThe original uploader was Muggwort17 at English Wikipedia . · Public domain
Himalayan Balsam
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera36 recordsGuptaele · CC BY-SA 4.0

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

In numbers

The forest, measured.

54out of 100

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

  • 39%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 71%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 354Speciesrecorded more than once within 2 km
  • 295 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. Jan2°-5°60 mm
  2. Feb4°-4°73 mm
  3. Mar9°-1°71 mm
  4. Apr14°4°73 mm
  5. May19°8°96 mm
  6. Jun23°12°88 mm
  7. Jul26°14°83 mm
  8. Aug25°14°94 mm
  9. Sep20°9°118 mm
  10. Oct14°5°104 mm
  11. Nov8°1°109 mm
  12. Dec3°-3°85 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Ljubljana Botanical Garden.

Botanical garden in Slovenia

Ljubljana Botanical Garden is an arboretum in Slovenia, 295 m above the sea.

Seen from space, 39% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 71% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

354 species have been recorded around it: 254 plants, 12 fungi, 86 birds and 2 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Eastern daisy fleabane, Tree of heaven and Small yellow balsam.

The best time to walk is in May.

Ljubljana Botanic Garden - pond
Yerpo · 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.

Ljubljana Botanical Garden 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

  • 16marked trails within 5 kmPot spominov in tovarištva, Srčna pot, Jesenkova pot and 13 more
  • 16named and notable trees within 6 kmRogač, Lipa, Perzijska bukev and 13 more
  • 164picnic sites within 4 kmBotanični vrt and 163 more
  • 21shelters and huts within 6 kmCesta na Vevče and 20 more
  • 9viewpoints within 5 km
  • 4visitor centres within 6 kmBlagajna, Slovenski turistični informacijski center - STIC, Ljubljana tourist information and 1 more
  • 1,653car parks within 3 km
  • 7campsites within 10 kmLivada, Camper Stop Ljubljana, PZA Camper Stop P+R Dolgi Most and 4 more
  • 168places to stay within 10 kmGaleria River, Hotel Emonec, Grand Hotel Union Eurostars and 165 more
  • 401restaurants 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 Ljubljana Botanical Garden.

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.

Peakyas35 mountains within 25 km
Šmarna gora669 m · 11 kmKrim1,107 m · 13 kmPolhograjska Grmada898 m · 15 kmJanški hrib794 m · 15 kmTošč1,021 m · 16 kmMount Polhov Gradec824 m · 17 kmCicelj819 m · 18 kmLjubljanski vrh819 m · 21 km
Lakeyas1 lakes within 15 km
Lake Zbilje0.4 km² · 15 km
Darkskyas1 dark-sky places within 30 km
Astronomical and Geophysical Observatory in GolovecBortle 8 · 1.1 km
Canyonyas1 canyons within 20 km
Hell Gorge18 km
Riveryasthe river nearby
Gradaščica33 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.

Ljubljana Botanic Garden - plant system
Yerpo · CC BY-SA 3.0
Botanical Garden in Ljubljana
Viktar Palstsiuk · CC BY-SA 4.0
Botanical garden – spring 9162
Klemen Čotar · CC BY-SA 4.0

Other forests nearby.

Ljubljana Botanical Garden

Slovenia

  • 54Forestyas Score
  • 39%Trees
  • 71%Wild
  • 354Species

Trnovo Forest Plateau

Slovenia · 55 km

  • 80Forestyas Score
  • 97%Trees
  • 96%Wild
  • 163Species

See the guide

Maksimir Park

Croatia · 119 km

  • 52Forestyas Score
  • 39%Trees
  • 68%Wild
  • 538Species

See the guide

Stara trta

Slovenia · 104 km

  • 47Forestyas Score
  • 32%Trees
  • 78%Wild
  • 131Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q3034795) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species7,638 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, Lakeyas, Darkskyas, Canyonyas, Riveryas

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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viewpointsViewyasEvery viewpoint with its real 360° panorama: the peaks you can name, how far you see and where the sun sets.Coming soonVisit
birdwatchingBirdyasEvery bird sanctuary and wetland with the species recorded month by month: who is resident, who comes for the summer, who only passes through.Visit
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