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Arctic-alpine Botanic Garden

Kongharald · CC BY-SA 3.0

37% trees around it and 1,003 species recorded.

68Forestyas Score

ArboretumFungiBirds

  • trees within 3 km37%
  • wild within 10 km97%
  • species recorded1,003

The forest around

37% 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 33%Grassland 4%Moss and lichen 1%Water 28%Bare ground 2%Built-up 32%Trees 38%Grassland 7%Wetland 1%Moss and lichen 0%Water 36%Bare ground 2%Built-up 17%Trees 22%Grassland 22%Wetland 0%Moss and lichen 8%Water 42%Bare ground 1%Built-up 4%Trees 14%Grassland 36%Wetland 1%Moss and lichen 19%Water 25%Bare ground 1%Snow and ice 4%Built-up 0%37%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km33%
  • 1–3 km38%
  • 3–6 km22%
  • 6–10 km14%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees38%
  • Grassland7%
  • Wetland1%
  • Moss and lichen0%
  • Water36%
  • Bare ground2%
  • Snow and ice0%
  • Built-up17%

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

1,003 species recorded.

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

Heracleum persicum
Heracleum persicumHeracleum persicum163 recordsUnknown author · Public domain
Sorbus discolor
Sorbus discolorSorbus discolor81 recordsSalicyna · CC BY-SA 4.0
Hazel-leaf Birch
Hazel-leaf BirchBetula corylifolia76 recordsMoskovskoe obshchestvo liubitelei prirody · No restrictions
Chickweed-wintergreen
Chickweed-wintergreenLysimachia europaea29 recordsJörg Hempel · CC BY-SA 2.0 de
True oxlip
True oxlipPrimula elatior28 recordsԱրարատ Թրվանց · CC BY-SA 4.0
European purple lousewort
European purple lousewortPedicularis palustris26 recordsKristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 11:17, 28 October 2006 (UTC) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wavy hair-grass
Wavy hair-grassAvenella flexuosa26 recordsBotaurus · Public domain
Lapland cornel
Lapland cornelCornus suecica25 records— Estormiz 17:18, 17 August 2006 (UTC) · Public domain
Buckbean
BuckbeanMenyanthes trifoliata22 recordsDidier Descouens · CC BY-SA 4.0
Queen of the meadow
Queen of the meadowFilipendula ulmaria20 recordsUnknown author · Public domain
Bigleaf lupine
Bigleaf lupineLupinus polyphyllus19 recordsJoe Mabel (on Flickr as Joe Mabel from Seattle, US) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Coltsfoot
ColtsfootTussilago farfara17 recordsAndreas Trepte · CC BY-SA 2.5

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

In numbers

The forest, measured.

68out of 100

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

  • 37%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 97%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 1,003Speciesrecorded more than once within 2 km

When to walk

Best for walking in July.

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

  1. Jan-5°-11°106 mm
  2. Feb-5°-10°109 mm
  3. Mar-2°-8°120 mm
  4. Apr1°-4°89 mm
  5. May7°1°94 mm
  6. Jun12°6°106 mm
  7. Jul16°9°112 mm
  8. Aug14°8°113 mm
  9. Sep10°4°136 mm
  10. Oct3°-1°122 mm
  11. Nov-1°-6°114 mm
  12. Dec-3°-8°124 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Arctic-alpine Botanic Garden.

Botanic garden in Tromsø, Norway

Arctic-alpine Botanic Garden is an arboretum in Norway.

Seen from space, 37% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 97% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

1,003 species have been recorded around it: 294 plants, 568 fungi, 136 birds and 5 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Heracleum persicum, Sorbus discolor and Hazel-leaf Birch.

The best time to walk is in July.

Botanicgardentromso
Kongharald · 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.

Arctic-alpine Botanic 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

  • 5marked trails within 5 km
  • 149picnic sites within 4 km
  • 47shelters and huts within 6 kmScouts camp, Turbohuken, Tussehuken and 44 more
  • 7viewpoints within 5 km
  • 9visitor centres within 6 kmNordnorsk vitensenter, Best Arctic, Polar Adventures and 6 more
  • 303car parks within 3 km
  • 3campsites within 10 kmTromsdalen Lodge & Camping, Tromsø Lodge & Camping
  • 93places to stay within 10 kmHome Hotel With, Clarion Collection Hotel Aurora, Radisson Blu Hotel Tromsø and 90 more
  • 67restaurants and cafés within 3 km
  • named and notable trees within 6 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 Arctic-alpine Botanic 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.

Peakyas595 mountains within 25 km
Bøntuva712 m · 7.9 kmTromsdalstinden1,238 m · 10 kmStore Blåmann1,044 m · 16 kmHamperokken1,397 m · 20 kmMjeldskardtinden777 m · 22 kmRamnafjellet743 m · 22 kmSpisstinden760 m · 23 kmBentsjordtinden1,169 m · 23 km
Islandyasthe island
Tromsøya22 km²
Coastya2 beaches within 10 km
Nordbotn7.4 kmKjosen9.8 km
Lakeyas2 lakes within 15 km
Movikvatnet0.2 km² · 7.8 kmStorskarvatnan0.2 km² · 9.4 km
Darkskyas1 dark-sky places within 30 km
Auroral ObservatoryBortle 7 · 2.2 km
Viewyas2 viewpoints within 15 km
Svarthammaren299 m · 8.6 kmTromsdalstinden1,238 m · 10 km
Cascadyas1 waterfalls within 15 km
Kalvedalsfossen12 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.

Arctic-Alpine Botanic Garden (Jul 2019) 01
Visem · CC BY-SA 4.0
Arctic-Alpine Botanic Garden (Jul 2019) 04
Visem · CC BY-SA 4.0
Arctic-Alpine Botanic Garden, noon, July 6, 2025
Kawon Kez Sel · CC0

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q1779489) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species30,362 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, Cascadyas

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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