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Portugal Portugal arboretum

Mata Jardim José do Canto

Ymblanter · CC BY-SA 4.0

66% trees around it and 209 species recorded.

75Forestyas Score

Arboretum

  • trees within 3 km66%
  • wild within 10 km95%
  • species recorded209
  • Altitude294 m

The forest around

66% 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 45%Grassland 20%Water 33%Cropland 2%Trees 69%Grassland 22%Water 6%Cropland 2%Built-up 1%Trees 38%Grassland 25%Water 32%Cropland 5%Built-up 1%Trees 31%Grassland 23%Water 41%Cropland 4%Built-up 1%66%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km45%
  • 1–3 km69%
  • 3–6 km38%
  • 6–10 km31%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees69%
  • Grassland22%
  • Water6%
  • Cropland2%
  • Built-up1%

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

209 species recorded.

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

Kahila garland-lily
Kahila garland-lilyHedychium gardnerianum68 recordsJJ Harrison ( https://www.jjharrison.com.au/ ) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Macaronesian Laurel
Macaronesian LaurelLaurus azorica53 recordsIxitixel · CC BY-SA 3.0
Persicaria capitata
Persicaria capitataPersicaria capitata43 recordsJJ Harrison ( https://www.jjharrison.com.au/ ) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Himalayan honeysuckle
Himalayan honeysuckleLeycesteria formosa38 recordsNo machine-readable author provided. MPF assumed (based on copyright claims). · CC BY 2.5
Luzula purpureosplendens
Luzula purpureosplendensLuzula purpureosplendens37 recordsHochstetter, Christian Ferdinand; Hochstetter, Karl Christian Friedrich; Seubert, Moritz · Public domain
Creeping buttercup
Creeping buttercupRanunculus repens37 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
Azores JuniperVU
Azores JuniperJuniperus brevifolia36 recordsAngrense · Public domain
Vaccinium cylindraceum
Vaccinium cylindraceumVaccinium cylindraceum36 recordsIxitixel · CC BY-SA 3.0
Myrsine africana
Myrsine africanaMyrsine africana36 recordsA. Barra · CC BY 3.0
Wild Taro
Wild TaroColocasia esculenta34 recordsDidier Descouens · CC BY-SA 4.0
Palhinhaea cernua
Palhinhaea cernuaPalhinhaea cernua34 recordsEric Guinther · CC BY-SA 3.0
SugiNT
SugiCryptomeria japonica32 recordsYosemite · 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.

75out of 100

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

  • 66%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 95%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 209Speciesrecorded more than once within 2 km
  • 294 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking from May to June and in November.

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

  1. Jan17°15°67 mm
  2. Feb16°15°68 mm
  3. Mar16°14°65 mm
  4. Apr16°15°56 mm
  5. May18°16°43 mm
  6. Jun20°18°30 mm
  7. Jul22°21°18 mm
  8. Aug23°22°27 mm
  9. Sep23°21°56 mm
  10. Oct21°20°74 mm
  11. Nov19°17°66 mm
  12. Dec17°16°105 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Mata Jardim José do Canto.

Botanic garden in Furnas, Portugal

Mata Jardim José do Canto is an arboretum in Portugal, 294 m above the sea.

Seen from space, 66% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 95% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

209 species have been recorded around it: 90 plants, 18 fungi, 94 birds and 7 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Kahila garland-lily, Macaronesian Laurel and Persicaria capitata.

The best time to walk is from May to June and in November.

Fern tree in Mata Jardim José do Canto 6
Ymblanter · 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.

Mata Jardim José do Canto 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

  • 6marked trails within 5 kmPRC06SMI Lagoa das Furnas, PRC22SMI Grená - Pico do Ferro, PR12SMI Agrião and 3 more
  • 2named and notable trees within 6 kmA Araucária do Terra Nostra
  • 36picnic sites within 4 km
  • 1shelters and huts within 6 kmMirante "O Açucareiro"
  • 26viewpoints within 5 kmCastelo Branco, Pico do Ferro, Miradouro Lombo Dos Milhos and 23 more
  • 1visitor centres within 6 kmPosto de Turismo
  • 35car parks within 3 km
  • 2campsites within 10 kmParque de Campismo das Furnas, Parque Campismo Porto Formoso
  • 37places to stay within 10 kmFurnas Lake Forest Living, Quinta D'Água, Casa das Furnas and 34 more
  • 22restaurants 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 Mata Jardim José do Canto.

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.

Peakyas14 mountains within 25 km
Furnas1.6 kmFerro294 m · 1.9 kmCedros518 m · 2.7 kmGafanhoto610 m · 5.3 kmPico do Buraco702 m · 5.7 kmPico da Senhora389 m · 7.4 kmPico da Vara1,103 m · 12 kmÁgua de Pau947 m · volcano · 14 km
Islandyasthe island
São Miguel Island745 km²
Coastya6 beaches within 10 km
Praia do Fogo2.8 kmPraia da Margarida7.8 kmPraia Ribeira das Tainhas7.9 kmPraia Botim das Vacas8.4 kmPraia dos Moinhos, Limpordina8.9 kmPraia Vinha D'Areia9.2 km
Lakeyas2 lakes within 15 km
Furnas Lake1.8 km² · 0.9 kmLagoa do Fogo1.3 km² · 13 km
Darkskyas5 dark-sky places within 30 km
Furnas LakeBortle 2 · 0.9 kmIlhéu de Vila FrancaBortle 3 · 11 kmLagoa do FogoBortle 3 · 12 kmPico da VaraBortle 2 · 12 kmÁgua de PauBortle 3 · 14 km
Viewyas7 viewpoints within 15 kmComing soon
Miradouro do Pico do Ferro2.4 kmMiradouro do Salto do Cavalo5.9 kmPico da Vara1,103 m · 12 kmÁgua de Pau947 m · 14 kmMiradouro da Vigia das Baleias14 kmMiradouro da Despe-te Que Suas15 kmMiradouro do Pisão15 km
Birdyas2 birding sites within 25 km
Complexo Vulcânico das Furnas134 species · 1.2 kmPico da Vara / Ribeira do Guilherme - Ilha de S. Miguel100 species · 9.0 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.

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Carlos Pacheco from Toronto, Canada · CC BY 2.0
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Carlos Pacheco from Toronto, Canada · CC BY 2.0
2019-05-24 11-52-01 PT Sao Miguel JHe K70 (54508689047)
Jan Helebrant · CC0

Other forests nearby.

Mata Jardim José do Canto

Portugal

  • 75Forestyas Score
  • 66%Trees
  • 95%Wild
  • 209Species

Parque Terra Nostra

Portugal · 3 km

  • 76Forestyas Score
  • 66%Trees
  • 94%Wild
  • 351Species

See the guide

Jardim António Borges

Portugal · 30 km

  • 51Forestyas Score
  • 14%Trees
  • 89%Wild
  • 416Species

See the guide

Botanical Garden of Faial

Portugal · 303 km

  • 63Forestyas Score
  • 29%Trees
  • 99%Wild
  • 573Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q71823292) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species16,048 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, Islandyas, Coastya, Lakeyas, Darkskyas, Viewyas, Birdyas

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

The family

Do you prefer beaches, lakes, mountains, waterfalls, islands, rivers, canyons, caves, dark skies, viewpoints, birdwatching or forests?

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

beachesCoastyaFind your beach: sea temperature, sun and swimming month by month.Visit lakesLakeyasEvery lake on Earth: water temperature, ice, depth and the shore.Visit mountainsPeakyasEvery summit in 3D: summit weather, the 0 °C line, huts and trails.Visit waterfallsCascadyasEvery waterfall: height, flow month by month and when it roars.Visit islandsIslandyasEvery island from the sea up: size, sea temperature, ferries and 3D.Visit riversRiveryasEvery river from source to sea: the journey, the flow and the basin in numbers.Visit canyonsCanyonyasEvery canyon cut to scale: depth to the floor, rim and floor temperatures, trails and viewpoints.Visit cavesCavernyasEvery cave with its real depth and length: the rock above, the temperature inside all year, and how to visit.Visit dark skiesDarkskyasWhere the night is still dark: the sky of every place, the Milky Way month by month, the Moon, eclipses and auroras.Visit
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
forestsForestyasEvery forest with its land-cover rings, what grows and lives in it, and the best months to walk it.You are here