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Arboretum d'Antsokay

Charles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0

4% trees around it and 125 species recorded.

45Forestyas Score

ArboretumWild

  • trees within 3 km4%
  • wild within 10 km98%
  • species recorded125

The forest around

4% 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 11%Shrubland 58%Grassland 20%Bare ground 10%Cropland 1%Trees 3%Mangroves 0%Shrubland 57%Grassland 27%Wetland 0%Water 5%Bare ground 6%Cropland 0%Built-up 0%Trees 2%Mangroves 2%Shrubland 51%Grassland 11%Wetland 0%Water 30%Bare ground 2%Cropland 0%Built-up 0%Trees 3%Mangroves 0%Shrubland 55%Grassland 4%Water 34%Bare ground 2%Cropland 0%Built-up 2%4%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km11%
  • 1–3 km3%
  • 3–6 km2%
  • 6–10 km3%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees3%
  • Mangroves0%
  • Shrubland57%
  • Grassland27%
  • Wetland0%
  • Water5%
  • Bare ground6%
  • Cropland0%
  • Built-up0%

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

125 species recorded.

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

Uncarina stelluliferaNT
Uncarina stelluliferaUncarina stellulifera10 recordsDaderot · Public domain
Secamone geayi
Secamone geayiSecamone geayi8 recordsvoyage-madagascar.org from Antananarivo, Madagascar · CC BY 2.0
Chadsia grevei
Chadsia greveiChadsia grevei4 recordsDaderot · Public domain
Tristellateia greveanaTristellateia greveana8 records
Sicyocarpus cordifoliusSicyocarpus cordifolius7 records
VU
Indigofera mahafalensisIndigofera mahafalensis7 records
Anisotes tablensisAnisotes tablensis6 records
Solanum batoidesSolanum batoides5 records
Tetraena madagascariensisTetraena madagascariensis5 records
Vachellia bellulaVachellia bellula5 records
Alantsilodendron pilosumAlantsilodendron pilosum4 records
NT
Pluchea greveiPluchea grevei4 records

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

In numbers

The forest, measured.

45out of 100

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

  • 4%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 98%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 125Speciesrecorded more than once within 2 km

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. Jan32°24°166 mm
  2. Feb32°24°115 mm
  3. Mar32°24°74 mm
  4. Apr30°22°27 mm
  5. May28°19°16 mm
  6. Jun27°18°10 mm
  7. Jul26°17°6 mm
  8. Aug28°18°7 mm
  9. Sep30°19°12 mm
  10. Oct31°21°26 mm
  11. Nov32°22°41 mm
  12. Dec32°24°100 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Arboretum d'Antsokay.

Botanical garden near Toliara, Madagascar

Arboretum d'Antsokay is an arboretum in Madagascar.

Seen from space, 4% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 98% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

125 species have been recorded around it: 46 plants, 1 fungi, 78 birds and 0 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Uncarina stellulifera, Secamone geayi and Chadsia grevei.

The best time to walk is from June to July.

Warty chameleon (Furcifer verrucosus) male Arboretum d'Antsokay
Charles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0

Get there and walk

Plan the visit

A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.

Guided forest walks and tours near Arboretum d'AntsokayGetYourGuideSee prices Cabins and stays near Arboretum d'AntsokayBooking.comSee prices Car hire at TNR airport (Antananarivo)Discover CarsSee prices 

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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.

Arboretum d'Antsokay 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

  • 1car parks within 3 km
  • 52places to stay within 10 kmAuberge de la Table, Famata Lodge, Le Paille en Queue and 49 more
  • 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
  • campsites 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.

In our other atlases

Around Arboretum d'Antsokay.

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.

Peakyas1 mountains within 25 km
Mahinia14 km
Islandyasthe island
Madagascar587,713 km²

Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.

Photographs

The forest, as people saw it.

Big-headed gecko (Paroedura picta) Arboretum d'Antsokay
Charles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0
Spiny forest II
Smiley.toerist · CC BY-SA 3.0
Spiny forest III
Smiley.toerist · CC BY-SA 3.0

Other forests nearby.

Arboretum d'Antsokay

Madagascar

  • 45Forestyas Score
  • 4%Trees
  • 98%Wild
  • 125Species

Mikea Forest

Madagascar · 97 km

  • 63Forestyas Score
  • 100%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 1Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q1976080) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species5,390 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

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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